FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1977
TWO NT DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARDS MEET
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ANOTHER TWO NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARDS HELD THE IR FIRST MEETING THIS AFTERNOON.
TODAY'S MEETINGS OF THE SHA TIN AND SAI KUNG DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARDS WERE THE THIRD AND FOURTH IN A SERIES OF INAUGURAL MEETINGS OF THE SEVEN N.T. DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARDS.
THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, ATTENDED BOTH MEETINGS TO MEET THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS.
THE MEETINGS WERE CHAIRED RESPECTIVELY BY THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR. G.A. HIGGINSON, AT LEK YUEN COMMUNITY CENTRE, SHA TIN, AND THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR. COLIN BOSHER, AT THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICE, SAN PO KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICES BUILDING.
MR. HIGGINSON TOLD HIS BOARD THAT THE TIME WAS NOW RIGHT FOR THE FORMATION OF A DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD IN SHA TIN.
+ IT WILL PRIMARILY REPRESENT THE LOCAL VIEWS OF THE NEW TOWN COMMUNITY, AND WILL THUS COMPLEMENT THE ROLE OF THE RURAL COMMITTEE IN RESPECT OF THE INDIGENOUS POPULATION, HE SAID.
ON THE BOARD ARE EIGHT UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS DRAWN FROM A WIDE CROSS-SECTION OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. THEY COMPRISE RURAL LEADERS, A SCHOOL HEADMASTER, A DOCTOR, A MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN AND TWO SENIOR STAFF OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY.
AFTER THE MEETING THE BOARD MEMBERS WENT ON A TOUR OF THE SHA TIN NEW TOWN TO SEE ITS DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING THE LEK YUEN AND WO CHE ESTATES, THE FOTAN INDUSTRIAL AREA AND THE NEW RACE COURSE.
AT THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD MEETING,
MR. BOSHER SAID THAT BY INTRODUCING THE BOARD INTO SAI KUNG, IT GAVE THE DISTRICT EQUAL IMPORTANCE AND PRESTIGE AS ONE OF THE MAJOR DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS SUCH AS TSUEN WAN.
IT ALSO ENSURES THAT EQUAL ATTENTION WILL BE GIVEN TO SAI KUNG IN THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL AMENITIES AND IN THE GENERAL ADVANCEMENT AND WELL BEING OF THE DISTRICT, HE ADDED.
+IN ALL THESE THINGS, WE WOULD DEFINITELY NOT WISH TO BE LEFT BEHIND, + MR. BOSHER SAID.
ON HIS BOARD ARE 13 UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS WHO REPRESENT A WIDE RANGE OF PROFESSIONAL AND COMMERCIAL KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE - THREE HEADMASTERS, AN ARCHITECT, A METALLURGICAL SCIENTIST A DOCTOR AND A NUMBER OF LOCAL BUSINESS MANAGERS AND DIRECTORS.
+WITH SUCH AN ACCUMULATION OF SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE, I AM CONFIDENT THAT WE ARE QUALIFIED TO HANDLE ANY PROJECT OR PROELEM WITHIN OUR TERMS OF REFERENCE, HE SAID.
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