THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1981
KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEETS
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THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, THE FIFTH TO BE SET UP IN THE URBAN AREA, HELD ITS FIRST MEETING THIS AFTERNOON (THURSDAY).
DEPARTMENTS REPRESENTED IN THE COMMITTEE INCLUDE THE POLICE, PUBLIC WORKS, TRANSPORT, SOCIAL WELFARE, URBAN SERVICES, HOUSING, FIRE SERVICES, EDUCATION, LABOUR, MEDICAL AND HEALTH, RECREATION AND SPORT, AND HOME AFFAIRS.
+THE MEETING OPENS A NEW ERA IN THE ADMINISTERING OF THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT. WITH THE DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE PROVIDING A FORUM FOR INTER-DEPARTMENTAL CONSULTATION AND COORDINATION, IT IS HOPED THAT DISTRICT NEEDS AND PROBLEMS CAN BE TACKLED WITH FRESH IMPETUS, HE CHAIRMAN, MR LEE LAP-SUN, CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, KOWLOON CITY DECLARED IN MAKING THE OPENING ADDRESS.
+DEPARTMENTAL REPRESENTATIVES ATTENDING DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEETINGS ARE AT AN APPROPRIATE LEVEL, THUS THEY CAN BE EXPECTED TO SPEAK AUTHORITATIVELY AND, WHERE POSSIBLE, TO ACT UPON ALL DEPARTMENTAL MATTERS AFFECTING THE DISTRICT.
+WE HOPE THAT THROUGH REGULAR MEETINGS OF THIS KIND, DISTRICT NEEDS AND DEFICIENCIES CAN BE SYSTEMATICALLY REASSESSED AND A PROGRAMME OF PROVISION AND IMPROVEMENT CAN BE DEVISED TO CATER FOR THE NEEDS AND DEAL WITH THE DEFICIENCIES, HE SAID.
MR LEE STRESSED THAT THOUGH THE DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE COMPRISES ONLY OFFICIAL MEMBERS, DECISIONS AFFECTING THE DISTRICT WOULD BE MADE ONLY AFTER THE VIEWS OF LOCAL RESIDENTS AND ORGANISATIONS HAD BEEN TAKEN INTO FULL CONSIDERATION.
HE ASKED MEMBERS TO APPEAL TO LOCAL RESIDENTS TO TAKE AN INTEREST IN THE WORK OF THE DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE AND TO MAKE KNOWN TO IT THEIR VIEWS ON DISTRICT MATTERS.
PEOPLE MORE THAN WILLING TO MOVE TO NEW TOWN
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SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) HE WAS OFTEN ASKED WHETHER FAMILIES WERE WILLING TO MOVE OUT TO HOUSING ESTATES BUILT FAR FROM OLDER, CROWDED URBAN AREAS.
THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION, HE SAID, WAS AN UNEQUIVOCAL +YES+.
SPEAKING AT THE LUNCHEON MEETING OF TAI PING SHAN LIONS CLUB, MR AKERS-JONES SAID FAMILIES WERE SO WILLING THAT THERE WAS NOW A FOUR TO FIVE-YEAR WAIT FOR HOUSING IN TUEN MUN, 20 MILES AWAY FROM KOWLOON.
THE DEMAND
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