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+BUT CLEARLY AFTER SUCH A SHORT TIME, MAJOR TANGIBLE ADVANCES HAVE YET TO COME.
+THE PROMISE IS THERE HOWEVER. GIVEN THE SUPPORT OF INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS AND GOVERNMENT AS A WHOLE, THERE IS NO REASON WHY DISTRICT MANAGEMENT SHOULD NOT MAKE AN OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE ESSENTIAL PROCESS OF MAKING GOVERNMENT MORE RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF HONG KONG PEOPLE,+ HE SAID.
THE CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER (KWUN TONG) MR DAVID TSUI ALSO SPOKE AT THE CEREMONY ON THE ROLES OF AREA COMMITTEES.
MR TSUI SAID THAT ONE OF THEIR IMPORTANT ROLES WAS TO ASSIST IN BUILDING UP FROM PEOPLE THROUGH VARIOUS PROGRAMMES A WHOLESOME COMMUNITY SPIRIT.
HE SAID IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE IN AN AREA SHOULD FEEL THAT THEY WERE NOT ONLY LIVING IN A CUBICLE OF A HOUSING ESTATE BUT IN A COMMUNITY WHERE THEIR SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS WERE MET.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT ROLE OF AREA COMMITTEES IN A BIG DISTRICT LIKE KWUN TONG WITH A POPULATION OF 650 000 WAS TO FACILITATE THE FORUM OF COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE PEOPLE AND THE GOVERNMENT.
+WE HOPE THAT WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE COMING FROM DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE, WITH DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE, BACKGROUND,
INCLINATION AND VIEWS THEY WOULD COLLECTİVELY PAINT A FAIRLY BALANCED PICTURE OF THE AREA IN WHICH THEY RESIDE AND TO IMPRESS THIS MENTAL PICTURE ON THE GOVERNMENT.+
HE ALSO NOTED THAT IT WAS AREA COMMITTEES' RESPONSIBILITIES TO FIND OUT WHERE THE AREA DEFICIENCIES LAY, TO EXAMINE TOWN PLANS IN PARTICULAR LAYOUT PLANS FOR EACH AREA TO SEE WHETHER PRESENT DEFICIENCIES WOULD BE MET IN FUTURE, AND TO PUT FORWARD THE IR VIEWS AS WELL AS TO ADVISE ON THE MANAGEMENT OF FACILITIES
IN THE AREA.
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