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MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 191
KWUN TONG BOARD'S +MEET-THE-PUBLIC+ PLAN
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KWUN TONG RESIDENTS WILL HAVE AN AVENUE TO REFLECT THEIR VIEWS ON PUBLIC POLICIES AND TO SUGGEST SOLUTIONS TO THE GOVERNMENT THROUGH A NEW +MEET-THE-PUBLIC+ SCHEME WHICH WAS DISCUSSED AT THE SEVENTH KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD MEETING TODAY (MONDAY),
THE SCHEME IS AIMED AT ENABLING AS MANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AS POSSIBLE TO BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH THEIR DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND THE WORK OF THE BOARD.
THREE CENTRES IN THE DISTRICT WILL LATER BE SET UP FOR UNOFFICIAL BOARD MEMBERS TO RECEIVE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
IN ADDITION, UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS WILL GO OUT TO VISIT LOCAL RESIDENTS, ASSOCIATIONS, SCHOOLS AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.
THE SCHEME IS SET UP ALONG LINES OF A SYSTEM IN USE IN SINGAPORE. MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT BOARD HAD VISITED SINGAPORE ON A STUDY TOUR LAST AUGUST.
MR PETER WILLIAMS, COMMISSIONER OF ICAC, ALSO ATTENDED TODAY'S MEETING TO DISCUSS THE WORK OF ICAC IN KWUN TONG.
THE BOARD ALSO DISCUSSED A WIDE RANGE OF OTHER MATTERS, INCLUDING THE PROPOSED ESTABLISHMENT OF AN OFF-COURSE BETTING CENTRE IN KWUN TONG INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
IN THE AREA OF WATER SUPPLIES TO SQUATTER AREAS IN KWUN TONG, THE WORKS PROJECTS SUB-COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT INDIVIDUAL SUPPLY BE GIVEN TO ALL SQUATTERS TO PREVENT RACKETEERS FROM OPERATING.
THE BOARD ALSO APPROVED A BUDGET OF $2.2 MILLION FOR VARIOUS COMMUNITY PROJECTS IN NEXT FINANCIAL YEAR.
AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT INSPECTED ***
MEMBERS OF THE AVIATION ADVISORY BOARD TODAY (MONDAY) CONDUCTED AN ON-THE-SPOT STUDY OF HONG KONG AIRPORT ON THE COMPLETION OF ITS $600 MILLION STAGE-FOUR DEVELOPMENT.
IN THE GROUP WERE MR D.K. NEWBIGGING, MR D.R.Y. BLUCK,
MR DENNIS TING AND MR D.G. JEAFFRESON.
ACCOMPANIED BY MR B.D. KEEP, DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, THEY INSPECTED THE MAJOR PROJECT COMPLETED RECENTLY UNDER THE MASSIVE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.
THE MEMBERS SHOWED SPECIAL INTEREST IN THE SHOPPING MALL ARRANGEMENT AND THE NEW TRANSFER DESK. THESE ARE AMONG THE MANY NEW FACILITIES MADE AVAILABLE UNDER THE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME SINCE THE MEMBERS VISITED THE AIRPORT LAST DECEMBER.
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