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SUNDAY, MAY 13, 1979
THE PROPOSED EXTENSION (ABOUT 270 HECTARES) OF THE TAI TAM COUNTRY PARK WILL STRETCH ITS EXISTING BOUNDARIES BELOW THE SUMMITS OF MT. BUTLER AND MT. PARKER TO INCLUDE THE VALLEY SOUTH OF KING'S ROAD, QUARRY BAY. THE AREA ADJOINS THE DENSELY POPULATED QUARRY BAY AND CHAI WAN DISTRICTS AND THE MAIN PEDESTRIAN ACCESS IN THE NORTH WILL BE VIA MT. PARKER ROAD AND BY FOOTPATHS FROM THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TAIKOO RESERVOIR AREA,
PICNIC TABLES, BENCHES, LITTER BINS AND BARBECUE PITS WILL BE PROVIDED WHILE INFORMATION BOARDS AND VIEW COMPASSES WILL HELP VISITORS LOCATE FACILITIES WITHIN THE PARK.
GOVERNMENT-COMMUNITY RELATIONS ON THE UPSWING IN TSUEN WAN
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THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE IS EXAMINING ITS PROCEDURES IN DEALING WITH COMPLAINTS RELATING TO TOWN MANAGEMENT TO FURTHER IMPROVE CO-ORDINATION AND COMMUNICATION WITH LOCAL RESIDENTS.
THE TSUEN WAN TOWN MANAGER, MR. JAMES HAYES, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THE DISTRICT OFFICE WAS ALREADY ON THE UPWARD SWING,+ BOTH IN RESPECT OF PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT AND ITS CAPACITY TO DEAL WITH COMPLAINTS.
+HOWEVER, TO ENSURE THE LATTER IS PUT ON THE BEST POSSIBLE FOOTING WE SHALL, OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, BE REVIEWING AND OVERHAULING THE MACHINERY FOR TAKING ACTION ON COMPLAINTS RELATING TO TOWN MANAGEMENT, MR. HAYES SAID.
+IT IS ONLY IN THIS WAY THAT A SOLID BASIS FOR GOVERNMENT- COMMUNITY RELATIONS IN TSUEN WAN CAN BE ESTABLISHED, HE ADDED.
THE TOWN MANAGER POINTED OUT THAT THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE HAD IN THE PAST 20 YEARS TRIED TO FULFIL THE TRADITIONAL ROLE OF DISTRICT OFFICES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES TO STAY CLOSE TO THE PEOPLE, TO SERVE THEIR INTERESTS AND TO ASSIST THEM WHEREVER POSSIBLE.
+THE TASK HAS BECOME MUCH BIGGER YEAR BY YEAR AS TSUEN WAN'S URBAN AREA HAS GROWN AND ITS POPULATION EXPANDED, + MR. HAYES NOTED.
+FOR REASONS OF NUMBERS ALONE, IT HAS BEEN ALL TOO EASY TO FALL BEHIND IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS WITH LOCAL PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THE NEWCOMERS, WHO WERE AT FIRST LARGELY WITHOUT ORGANISATIONS OF THEIR OWN.
THE DISTRICT OFFICE'S PRE-OCCUPATION WITH MEETING THE LAND NEEDS OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME IN TSUEN WAN FURTHER INCREASED THE GAP.+
TO HELP IMPROVE THE SITUATION, THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE HAS BEEN EXPANDED AND BROUGHT NEARER TO THE PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
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