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SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1978
MORE PUBLIC ENQUIRY CENTRES PLANNED FOR KWAI CHUNG
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MORE PUBLIC ENQURIY SERVICE CENTRES ARE BEING PLANNED FOR THE HIGHLY-URBANISED TOWNSHIP OF KWAI CHUNG TO MEET AN INCREASING NEED FOR PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICES.
THIS WAS REVEALED BY THE KWAI CHUNG TOWN OFFICER, MR. DEREK GOULD TODAY (SATURDAY) WHEN HE ADDRESSED AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE NEW PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRE ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF YAT KING HOUSE, LAI KING ESTATE THE FOURTH SO FAR IN KWAT
CHUNG.
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THE NEW CENTRE BRINGS TO SEVEN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SUCH CENTRES IN THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT. THE NUMBER WILL BE FURTHER INCREASED AS ANOTHER TWO NEW CENTRES FOR LEI MUK SHUE AND KWAI SHING ESTATES ARE ALREADY IN THE PIPELINE,
MR. GOULD SAID KWAI CHUNG HAD SEEN RAPID DEVELOPMENT AND A HUGE IN-FLOW OF RESIDENTS IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.
IN ORDER TO KEEP ABREAST OF THIS EXPANSION, HE SAID, GOVERNMENT HAD BEEN CONTINUALLY WIDENING THE SCOPE OF ITS CONTACT WITH THE PUBLIC.
+TO THIS END. IT HAS ESTABLISHED THE KWAI CHUNG TOWN MANAGEMENT OFFICE AND ITS FOUR PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRES AT KWONG FAI CIRCUIT, SHEK LEI, KWAI CHUNG AND, NOW, LAI KING ESTATE, HE SAID.
+THIS IS AN ONGOING COMMITMENT AND WE INTEND TO SET UP ADDITIONAL CENTRES TO COPE WITH THE INCREASE IN PUBLIC DEMAND FOR THE SERVICES THEY OFFER.+
ON THE FUNCTIONS OF THE CENTRES, MR. GOULD EXPLAINED THAT EACH CENTRE WAS RUN TO PROVIDE AN ENQUIRY SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC, TO DISTRIBUTE GOVERNMENT FORMS AND PUBLICATIONS, AND TO ADMINISTER STATUTORY DECLARATIONS.
HE SAID: +LIAISON OFFICERS BASED IN EACH CENTRE PROMOTE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THEIR RESPECTIVE AREAS AND WORK CLOSELY WITH VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND OTHER BODIES TO ORGANISE RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS.
+ IN HAND WITH OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, THEY WORK TOWARDS ENVIRONMENT IMPROVEMENTS.+
THE LAI KING PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRE WAS JOINTLY OPENED THIS MORNING BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE LCK SIN TONG BENEVOLENT SOCIETY, MR. FOK TZE- TWO UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD, HR. CHAU HAU-CHEN AND MRS. LAM MOK SAV-HING- AND THE HOUSING MANAGER OF LAI KING ESTATE, MR. LEE CHUN-HO.
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