MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1981
FIRST COMMUNITY AFFAIRS BRANCH OFFICE OPENED AT MUI WO
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THE FIRST COMMUNITY AFFAIRS BRANCH OFFICE ON AN OUTLYING ISLAND AT MUI WO, LANTAU, WAS OPENED TODAY (MONDAY).
IT IS LOCATED ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF GRANDVIEW MANSION IN SOUTH LANTAU ROAD AND IS ALSO THE FIRST BRANCH OFFICE OF THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING, ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICER, MR RICKY FUNG, SAID THE NEW OFFICE, WITH AN AREA OF ABOUT 77 SQUARE METRES, WOULD BE MANNED BY A LIAISON OFFICER AND OTHER STAFF.
THE IR DUTIES ARE TO DISTRIBUTE GOVERNMENT PAMPHLETS AND FORMS, ADMINISTER STATUTORY DECLARATIONS, HANDLE COMPLAINTS AND ANSWER ENQUIRIES ABOUT GOVERNMENT SERVICES.
ALSO, THEY WILL LIAISE CLOSELY WITH LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, SCHOOLS AND RESIDENTS AND REFLECT THE IR OPINION TO GOVERNMENT.
IN ADDITION, MR FUNG SAID, THEY WOULD ORGANISE RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS.
+ I HOPE THE RESIDENTS WILL MAKE FULL USE OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE+ HE ADDED.
THE OFFICE OPENS FROM 8.45 AM TO 5.15 PM ON WEEKDAYS AND FROM 9 AM TO NOON ON SATURDAYS.
+MORE COMMUNITY AFFAIRS BRANCH OFFICES WILL BE OPENED ON OTHER OUTLYING ISLANDS IN THE FUTURE,+ MR FUNG SAID.
ALSO OFFICIATING AT TODAY'S CEREMONY WERE THE CHAIRMAN OF MUI WO RURAL COMMITTEE, MR TSANG LIN- THE CHAIRMAN OF TUNG CHUNG RURAL COMMITTEE, MR CHONG CHU-CHOI THE CHAIRMAN OF TAI O RURAL COMMITTEE, MR YU YUEN-HEI, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF SOUTH LANTAU RURAL COMMITTEE, MR LAU YUNG-FUK.
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