WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1981
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DISTRICT BOARD'S IMPORTANT COMMUNITY ROLE STRESSED
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THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR JOHN BREMRIDGE, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD WILL INTRODUCE THE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENT UNDER THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SCHEME - THAT OF CHANNELING THE VIEWS AND WISHES OF THE PUBLIC TO THE GOVERNMENT.
DELIVERING THE INAUGURAL SPEECH TO THE BOARD, MR BREMR IDGE SAID THE 18 UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS APPOINTED TO THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD, WHO REPRESENT A WIDE SECTION OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, WILL BE ADVISING GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ON ALL KINDS OF MATTERS AFFECTING THE WELL-BEING OF THE PEOPLE OF THE DISTRICT. FOR EXAMPLE, THE PROVISION AND USE OF PUBLIC FACILITIES, THE ORGANISATION OF COMMUNITY BUILDING PROGRAMMES, AND SO ON.+
HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT WANT MEMBERS IN THE DISTRICT BOARD WHO CAN ONLY SPEAK AND ACT LIKE CIVIL SERVANTS+, WE WANT LEADERS FROM ANY SECTOR OF SOCIETY. AS LONG AS THEY ARE GENUINELY CONCERNED WITH THE WELL-BEING OF THEIR FELLOW RESIDENTS AND AS LONG AS THEY HAVE THE COURAGE TO SPEAK UP FEARLESSLY FOR THOSE CAUSES WHICH THEY FEEL MERIT ATTENTION BY THE ADMINISTRATION, MEMBERS WILL HAVE FULFILLED THE IMPORTANT AND DEMANDING ROLE THAT HAS BEEN LAID ON THEM.
MR BREMRIDGE ALSO ASSURED MEMBERS THAT ALTHOUGH CONSTITUTIONALLY THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD MAY BE ADVISORY IN NATURE, ITS MEMBERS CAN BE ASSURED THAT THEIR VIEWS AND SUGGESTIONS WILL BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY BY THE GOVERNMENT AND GIVEN THE FULLEST POSSIBLE CONSIDERATION.
HE ADDED THAT THE BOARD WILL HAVE THE WHOLEHEARTED SUPPORT+ OF THE DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE WHICH HAD FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS BEEN PREPARING FOR THE BOARD'S INAUGURATION TODAY.
MR BREMRIDGE EXPRESSED CONFIDENCE THAT HENCEFORTH, WITH THE ADVICE AND PARTICIPATION OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THEIR REPRESENTATIVES IN THE DISTRICT BOARD, +LONG-STANDING AND HITHERTO INTRACTABLE DISTRICT PROBLEMS CAN BE RESOLVED THROUGH THE CONCERTED EFFORTS OF ALL CONCERNED.+
THE 25-MEMBER KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD IS MADE UP OF SEVEN EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS, AND 18 APPOINTED UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS INCLUDING TWO URBAN COUNCILLORS. ALL MEMBERS WILL SERVE FROM TODAY UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30, 1982.
THE SEVEN EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS ARE MR LEE LAP-SUN, MR CHEUNG MAN-SANG, MR LO CHI-ON, MRS ROSE GOODSTADT, MR MARCUS LEE SZE-HUNG, MR LÉE CHUN-HO AND MR MICHAEL CHIU TAK-KWONG.
THE 18 APPOINTED UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS ARE MR LUI FOOK-HONG, MR HUT IN-YING, MRS MABEL CHOW, MR WONG CHUEK-YEE, MR WONG WING-PIU, MR WU SHING-SUÊN, MR CHENG WOO-YICK, MR LEE SIU MÀN
MR TANG TAI-CHUEN, MR WONG SHEK-KONG, MISS LEUNG KIT-FONG,
MR KWOK LEUNG-PING, MR WU YIU-FAI, MR LAM YING-HO, MR HO CHUN-YAN, MR PAO PING-WING, MISS CECILIA YEUNG LAI-YING (URBAN COUNCILLOR) AND MRS GRACE HO ́ (URBAN COUNCILLOR).
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