FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1981
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INDUSTRIAL LIAISON UNIT SET UP
IN TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE
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AN INDUSTRIAL LIAISON UNIT HAS BEEN SET UP WITHIN TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE TO HELP WITH PROBLEMS AFFECTING LOCAL INDUSTRIAL ISTS AND FACTORY OPERATORS.
THIS WAS DISCLOSED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY TSUEN WAN TOWN MANAGER DR JAMES HAYES, AT A LUNCHEON MEETING WITH MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT BOARD'S INDUSTRIAL SUB-COMMITTEE.
DR HAYES SAID WITH THE SETTING UP OF THE NEW UNIT, THE DISTRICT OFFICE WILL BE ABLE TO ESTABLISH MORE TIES WITH LOCAL FACTORIES,
+THESE WILL BE ESTABLISHED THROUGH MEMBERS OF THE FEDERATION OF TSUEN WAN INDUSTRIES, INDUSTRIAL MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND OWNERS' INCORPORATIONS, AND PERSONS WHO WISH TO FORM NEW MACS IN
INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS,+ DR HAYES SAID.
+OUR PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE MORE HELP TO SOLVE ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS AFFECTING MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS, ESPECIALLY IN BUILDINGS IN MULTIPLE OWNERSHIP AND TENANCY, HE SAID.
+WE WILL ALSO ENLIST THE HELP OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE LEASE ENFORCEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL TEAMS AND TRY TO GIVE ASSISTANCE WHERE NEEDED TO THE SPECIALIST DEPARTMENTS DEALING WITH FACTORIES, SUCH AS THE LABOUR AND FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENTS AND BUILDING ORDINANCE OFFICE.+
SET UP LAST MONTH, THE UNIT HAS AT PRESENT TWO LIAISON OFFICERS FOR TSUEN WAN AND KWAI CHUNG WHO HAVE ALREADY VISITED SEVERAL LOCAL FACTOR IES AND INDUSTRIAL MAC'S TO GIVE ADVICE AND OFFER HELP.
DR HAYES ALSO ASSURED MEMBERS OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE THAT FULL ATTENTION WOULD BE PAID TO ITS WORK.
+WE WANT THE SUB-COMMITTEE TO BE PROBLEM ORIENTATED AND, WITH OUR HELP, PROBLEM SOLVING, HE SAID.
HE CALLED ON MEMBERS TO MAKE FULL USE OF THE IR CONTACTS TO DO BENEFICIAL WORK FOR TSUEN WAN INDUSTRY. HE SAID THE SUB-COMMITTEE WAS PLAYING A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE BECAUSE IN TSUEN WAN THERE WERE 10 000 REGISTERED INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS AND A WORK FORCE OF 200 000,
→ON THIS BAS IS, THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF SCOPE FOR USEFUL WORK, HE SAID.
DR HAYES ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO TWO TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS, MR LAM KIN-MING AND DR LAI MING-WAH, WHO WERE RECENTLY AWARDED BADGES OF HONOUR FOR THE IR SERVICES TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. MR LAM IS ALSO CHAIRMAN OF THE INDUSTRIAL SUB-COMMITTEE.
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