TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1981
NEIGHBOURHOOD EFFORT NEEDED IN TSUEN WAN
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TSUEN WAN TOWN MANAGER, DR JAMES HAYES, TODAY (TUESDAY) CALLED FOR MORE LOCAL NEIGHBOURHOOD EFFORT TO MAKE THE TOWN A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE IN.
DR HAYES SAID HE FELT WHAT HAD BEEN DONE SO FAR AT THE NEIGHBOURHOOD LEVEL WAS NOT ENOUGH.
SPEAKING AT A LUNAR NEW YEAR GATHERING FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS, HE SAID COMBINED ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT IN TSUEN WAN BY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS MIGHT LOOK VERY IMPRESSIVE.
+BUT WHAT WE MUST REALISE 13 THAT THE TOWN HAS A HUGE POPULATION AND MANY NEIGHBOURHOODS.
+WHEN OUR JOINT EFFORTS ARE ASSESSED AT THE NEIGHBOURHOOD LEVEL, THEY FALL FAR SHORT OF WHAT IS REQUIRED.+
DR HAYES SAID THERE WAS A NEED FOR MORE NEIGHBOUR EFFORT, RATHER THAN AN INCREASED EFFORT FROM THE CENTRE OR AN AUGMENTED GOVERNMENT PROVISION.
+THIS YEAR, THEN, TSUEN WAN WILL BE THE SCENE OF GREATER EFFORTS AT THE NEIGHBOURHOOD LEVEL,+ DR HAYES SAID.
+FOR OUR PART WE WILL FIND EXTRA NEW AND AVAILABLE FACILITIES WHICH ARE SUITABLY LOCATED FOR NEIGHBOURHOOD USE AND IMPROVE THE IR PROVISION WHERE NECESSARY.
+WE WILL BRING INTERESTED ASSOCIATIONS TOGETHER TO FORM LOCAL COMMITTEES WHICH CAN ORGANISE ON-GOING PROGRAMMES AND SUPPLY MANAGEMENT TO SECURE THE PROPER USE OF THE PRIVATE FACILITIES THAT WILL BE INVOLVED.
+WE WILL BRING TOGETHER THE OWNERS OR MANAGERS OF THESE FACILITIES TO WORK OUT THE NECESSARY SET OF RULES TO GOVERN INCREASED PUBLIC USE. WE WILL ASSIST WITH LOCAL INFORMATION AND PUBLICITY. WE WILL HELP WITH THE NECESSARY EXPENSES, EITHER FROM DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARDS FUNDS OR THROUGH A NEW FUND WHICH WE PROPOSE TO LAUNCH SHORTLY TO BE CALLED THE +TSUEN WAN FUND+.
+ IN THIS WAY, WE HOPE THAT WE CAN USE OUR POSITION AND RESOURCES TO ASSIST PUBLIC SPIRITED CITIZENS TO COME TOGETHER TO ORGANISE MORE PROGRAMMES IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.
+THROUGH THESE COMBINED EFFORTS WE HOPE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO PERSUADE PARENTS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS THAT IT IS BOTH SAFE AND USEFUL FOR THEM TO ALLOW THEIR CHILDREN TO TAKE PART IN THESE ACTIVITIES, HE SAID.
DR HAYES PRAISED THE EFFORTS OF THE 550 MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND OWNERS' INCORPORATIONS IN TSUEN WAN, AS WELL AS THE 100 OTHER ASSOCIATIONS OF ALL TYPES, WHICH HE SAID WERE TRULY THE FOUNDATION OF COMBINED EFFORTS TO MAKE TSUEN WAN A BETTER PLACE IN WHICH TO LIVE AND A MORE STABLE COMMUNITY.
ABOUT 500 COMMUNITY LEADERS ATTENDED THE RECEPTION WHICH WAS ALSO ATTENDED BY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES.
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