THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1978
GOVERNOR CONTINUES VISIT TO NEW TERRITORIES
DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARDS
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THE SHA TIN DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD WILL MOVE TO ITS OWN PREMISES IN THE NEW TOWN LATER THIS YEAR.
BY TAKING OVER THE PREMISES IN LEK YUEN ESTATE PRESENTLY OCCUPIED BY LAND STAFF OF THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICE, THE BOARD IS CONFIDENT THAT IT COULD +MORE QUICKLY ESTABLISH A LOCAL IDENTITY IN SHA TIN.+
THIS WAS ONE OF THE POINTS RAISED TODAY (THURSDAY) WHEN THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, ATTENDED A MEETING OF THE SHA TIN BOARD TO LISTEN TO THEIR PLANS FOR THE COMING YEAR AND TO OFFER HIS HELP AND ADVICE. IT WAS PART OF HIS ROUND OF VISITS TO THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARDS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
SIR MURRAY, WHO WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES IN THE VISIT, WAS TOLD THAT THE SHA TIN BOARD IS ALREADY USING THE LEK YUEN PREMISES ON A TEMPORARY BASIS.
WHEN THE DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF MOVE OUT IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR, THE BOARD WILL HAVE A CONFERENCE ROOM AND WILL SET UP A PERMANENT EXHIBITION TO HELP KEEP LOCAL RESIDENTS IN TOUCH ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TOWN.
THE DISTRICT OFFICE WILL ALSO SET UP A PUBLIC ENQUIRY CENTRE IN THE SAME PREMISES WITH FULL-TIME TOWN LIAISON OFFICERS ON HAND TO ASSIST THE PUBLIC.
SIR MURRAY WAS TOLD THAT SUB-COMMITTEES DEALING WITH RECREATION, CULTURE AND SPORTS, MINOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS, AND PUBLICITY AND COMMUNICATIONS HAD BEEN SET UP TO DEVISE THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAYS OF SPENDING THE $300,000 ALLOCATED TO THE SHA TIN BOARD.
AFTER SPENDING AN HOUR WITH MEMBERS OF THE SHA TIN BOARD SIR MURRAY CONTINUED HIS VISIT TO THE TAI PO DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD. HE ALSO SPENT AN HOUR WITH THE TAI PO BOARD.
SIR MURRAY WAS TOLD THAT THE TAI PO BOARD WAS IN THE PROGRESS OF ESTABLISHING THREE SUB-COMMITTEES THE PUBLIC WORKS SUB- COMMITTEE, RECREATION, SPORTS AND CULTURAL SUB-COMMITTEE AND LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS AND MINOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS SUB- COMMITTEE.
LATER THIS MONTH THESE SUB-COMMITTEES WILL BEGIN TO CONSIDER WAYS OF SPENDING THE $500,000 ALLOCATED TO THE TAI PO BOARD.
/IN OCTOBER