TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1978
USD RESPONDS TO CHANGING NEEDS IN NT
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THE NEW TERRITORIES REGION OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS GOING THROUGH A PHASE OF RAPID EXPANSION AND RE-ORGANISATION TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR EXPANDING SERVICES GENERATED BY THE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS TAKING PLACE THROUGHOUT THE NEW TERRITORIES.
1IS WAS STATED BY MR. H.S. GREWAL, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES (NT) AT A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE LIONS CLUB OF THE NEW TERRITORIES TODAY.
MR. GREWAL SAID THAT OVER THE PAST 18 MONTHS, THE NT REGION HAD BEEN RE-ORGANISED INTO SEVEN INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS INSTEAD OF THE PREVIOUS FIVE SO AS TO ALIGN ITSELF WITH THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION AND THE DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARDS,
+PROPOSALS ARE IN HAND TO IMPLEMENT A FURTHER STRENGHTENING OF THE ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE BOTH AT NT REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS AND AT DISTRICT LEVEL,+ HE ADDED.
THE EXISTING APPROVED ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NT REGION WAS 5,700 WITH ANOTHER, 660 POSTS EXPECTED TO BE APPROVED BY THE END OF THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR.
MR. GREWAL POINTED OUT THAT THE NEW TERRITORIES IS
NOW GOING THROUGH A PERIOD OF DYNAMIC CHANGE AND THE DEPARTMENT IS DEVELOPING AND CHANGING IN RESPONSE AND IN ANTICIPATION SO AS TO BE IN A POSITION TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES WHICH ARE EXPECTED BY THE PUBLIC.
MR. GREWAL DISCLOSED THAT TO ASSIST IN THE PLANNING OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT IN THE NEW TOWNS, THE GOVERNMENT HAS COMMISSIONED THE DRAWING UP OF MASTER LANDSCAPE PLANS.
TWO OF THESE PLANS HAVE ALREADY BEEN PRODUCED, ONE FOR SHA TIN, THE OTHER FOR TUEN MUN AND TWO OTHERS FOR TAI PO AND TSUEN WAN ARE BEING FORMULATED.
HE SAID THE DETAILED PLANNING OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES RESTS WITH THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT BUT THE DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARDS ARE CONSULTED ON THE APPROPRIATENESS AND TIMING OF THE PROPOSED FACILITY +FOR THE INPUT OF LOCAL ADVICE IS ESSENTIAL IF THE FACILITY TO BE PROVIDED IS TO FULFIL THE OBJECTIVE OF MEETING LOCAL NEEDS FULLY.+
TURNING TO THE HAWKER PROBLEM IN THE NEW TERRITORIES MR. GREWAL SAID THERE IS EVERY INDICATION THAT THE PROBLEM CAN BE CONTAINED, GIVEN THE RESOURCES AND THE WILL TO TACKLE IT.
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