TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1981
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TUEN MUN HOLDS SEMINAR ON DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION
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TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFF ICE HELD A SEMINAR ON DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION THIS (TUESDAY) EVENING, CHAIRED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR BILLY LAM.
BESIDES MR LAM, THE SPEAKERS WERE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK, MR LAU WONG-FAT, WHO IS ALSO A MEMBER OF TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD, MR CHEUNG KAM-HUNG, MR NG CHEUK-TAI AND MR CHOW MAN-PING, ALL OF WHOM ARE BOARD MEMBERS.
MR LAM SAID THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM WAS AIMED AT IMPROVEMENTS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL AND AT STIMULATING PARTICIPATION IN HELPING TO RUN THE DISTRICT.
HE SAID THIS WAS PARTICULARLY RELEVANT IN A NEW TOWN LIKE TUEN MUN WHERE TRADITIONAL RURAL ELEMENTS HAD BEEN SERIOUSLY AFFECTED BY DEVELOPMENTS.
HE URGED LOCAL RESIDENTS AND NEW COMERS TO TUEN MUN TO TAKE PART AND TO STAND FOR ELECTION.
MR LAU WONG-FAT SAID GOVERNMENT WAS NOW WILLING TO DELEGATE ADMINISTRATION AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL TO LOCAL PEOPLE.
THEREFORE, THE PEOPLE SHOULD MAKE GOOD USE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT THE IR NEEDS TO THE GOVERNMENT- THEY SHOULD SUPPORT THE SCHEME TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND ALLOW THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM TO BE CARRIED OUT MORE EFFECTIVELY.
ON THE ROLE OF LOCAL RESIDENTS IN THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM, MR CHEUNG KAM-HUNG SAID THE PEOPLE MUST THEMSELVES SEEK TO IMPROVE THE IR WELFARE AND LIVELIHOOD.
PEOPLE MUST UNDERSTAND THE IR ROLE IN THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM.
THEY MUST NOT GIVE UP THE RIGHT TO VOTE, OR TO STAND FOR ELECTION.
SPEAKING ON DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, MR NG CHEUK-TAI SAID PEOPLE'S OPINIONS WERE MOST IMPORTANT IF THE SYSTEM WAS TO SUCCEED.
ON THE PROMOTION OF CULTURE, RECREATION AND SPORT IN THE DISTRICT, MR CHOW MAN-PING SAID THIS WAS IMPORTANT IN BOOSTING A SENSE OF BELONGING AND SHOULD NOT BE NEGLECTED IN THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM.
ATTENDING THE SEMINAR WERE MEMBERS OF RURAL AND MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, LOCAL ORGANISATIONS AND THE PUBLIC.
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