WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1979
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DURING THE MONTH NO AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED FROM HONG KONG DUE TO WEATHER AND NO THUNDERSTORM OR HEAVY RAIN WARNINGS WERE
ISSUED.
TYPHOON ALICE WAS THE ONLY TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER THE
WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC BUT NO TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING SIGNALS WERE HOISTED.
LOW TEMPERATURE WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON JANUARY 15 AND 31 AND THE RED FIRE DANGER WARNING WAS ISSUED ON JANUARY 7.
TSUEN WAN TOWN MANAGEMENT DUTIES REVIEWED
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THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE AND VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS ARE EXAMINING THEIR TOWN MANAGEMENT DUTIES TO IMPROVE CO-ORDINATION AND COMMUNICATION WITH AREA COMMITTEES AND LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS, THE TSUEN WAN TOWN MANAGER, MR. JAMES HAYES, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN AN ANNUAL NEW YEAR YEAR BAI NIN SPEECH AT THE TSUEN WAN MANAGEMENT OFFICE, MR. HAYES TOLD MEMBERS OF THESE COMMITTEES AND ASSOCIATIONS THAT THIS WAS BECAUSE THE ROUTINE WORK OF THESE DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING THE PUBLIC WORKS, URBAN SERVICES, FIRE SERVICES AND LABOUR DEPARTMENT, ON TOWN MANAGEMENT IN THE INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL SECTORS COULD BENEFIT GREATLY FROM THEIR INTEREST AND CO-OPERATION.
+WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE IN A GOOD POSITION TO BRING FORWARD FOR OUR ATTENTION AND ACTION MANY MATTERS THAT WE MIGHT NOT KNOW OF, OR SEE, BY OURSELVES.
+BUT IT IS UP TO US AND THE DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED TO SEE THAT THE RIGHT CHANNELS OF TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION ARE KEPT OPEN, ARE USED, AND THAT TANGIBLE RESULTS FLOW FROM THE EXCHANGE.+
MR. HAYES POINTED OUT THAT MEMBERS ON THESE AREA COMMITTEES AND LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS HAD CONTRIBUTED CONSIDERABLY TO THE CREATION OF A STRONG LOCAL COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING HELPFUL ADVICE ON TOWN PLANNING AND IN DESIGNING AND MANAGING PUBLIC AMENITIES.
THEIR ASSISTANCE IN ENCOURAGING THE PUBLIC TO TAKE PART IN THE MANY COMPETITIONS ARRANGED BY VARIOUS LOCAL SPORTS AND RECREATION ASSOCIATIONS WAS GREATLY APPRECIATED AND VERY MUCH NEEDED, HE SAID.
+PLEASE CONTINUE AND RE-DOUBLE YOUR EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY AND PLEASE, TOO, CONTINUE TO PERSUADE MORE PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELVES TO JOIN LOCAL ORGANISATIONS AND JOIN IN THE STRENUOUS EFFORTS TO MAKE TSUEN WAN A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE IN, MR. HAYES LRGED.
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