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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1982
HE SAID THIS SPIRIT WOULD BE ESSENTIAL IN THE JOINT
EFFORTS TO KEEP PACE WITH THE NEEDS AND ASPIRATIONS OF THE PEOPLE OF THE NT, AND ALL MUST BE CONSCIOUS OF THE NEED CONTINUOUSLY TO ADAPT TO THE CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES, PARTICULARLY SINCE THE EARLY 70S, TO WHICH RAPID ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTS GAVE RISE.
+WE WILL, THEREFORE, NEED TO LOOK AT OLD POLICIES IN THE LIGHT OF CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES IN ORDER TO REACH PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS.
+1 AM SURE YOU WILL AGREE WITH ME THAT ONLY WITH SUCH THOUGHT IN MIND WILL WE BE ABLE TO OVERCOME PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES DURING THIS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING PERIOD IN THE NT, MR MACPHERSON SAID.
ATTENDING THE PARTY WERE 600 GUESTS, INCLUDING THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK, MR LAU WONG-FAT, OTHER KUK MEMBERS, VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVES AND SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.
TAI PO FIRE PREVENTION COMMITTEE VISITS SQUATTER AREAS
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MEMBERS OF TAI PO DISTRICT FIRE PREVENTION CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE VISITED THREE SQUATTER AREAS IN THE DISTRICT TODAY (TUESDAY) TO SEE THE MEASURES BEING TAKEN BY OCCUPIERS TO PREVENT FIRE.
THE VISIT WAS ALSO AIMED AT IDENTIFYING AREAS WHERE IMPROVEMENTS COULD BE MADE.
THEY WENT TO PLUMMER VILLAGE, KWONG TAU SHAN SUN TSUEN AND SAM MUN TSAI SUN TSUEN, DISTRIBUTING FIRE-PREVENTION LEAFLETS TO THE RESIDENTS,
THEY ALSO SAW PROGRESS ON ERECTION OF WARNING SIGNBOARDS,
THE THREE SQUATTER AREAS HOUSE ABOUT 6 500 PEOPLE.
THE COMMITTEE IS CHAIRED BY AN UNOFFICIAL, MR TANG PUI-TAT. IT COMPRISES 15 OTHER UNOFFICIALS AND SEVEN OFFICIALS FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICE, THE POLICE AND THE FIRE SERVICES AND AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENTS.
ALSO AS PART OF ITS FIRE PREVENTION ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT TAI PO DISTRICT, THE COMMITTEE ORGANISED A FIRE-PREVENTION QUIZ COMPETITION LAST MONTH FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS WHICH ATTRACTED MORE THAN 900 ENTRIES, WINNERS WILL BE NOTIFIED INDIVIDUALLY ABOUT PRIZE COLLECTION,
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