THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1982
GOVERNOR INAUGURATES CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT BOARD
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DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION IS MEANT FOR LOCAL PEOPLE TO HAVE THEIR SAY ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT AND BE LISTENED TO, THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURATION OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT BOARD, SIR MURRAY SAID THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SCHEME WAS BASED ON DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES AND THE DISTRICT BOARDS. AND HE ATTACHED GREAT IMPORTANCE TO THE WORK OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES WHOSE LEVEL OF OFFICERS WAS DESIGNED TO ENSURE THAT RESPONSE TO CONSTRUCTIVE PROPOSALS FROM THE DISTRICT BOARDS MAY BE QUICK AND EFFECTIVE.
+ BUT WHAT THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE CAN DO FOR ITS DISTRICT WILL TO SOME EXTENT DEPEND ON THE DISTRICT BOARD'S INPUT.
+IF IT IS AUTHORITATIVE, REALISTIC, LIVELY AND REPRESENTATIVE, THE TWO BODIES CAN TOGETHER ACTION MUCH,+ SIR MURRAY SAID.
SIR MURRAY ALSO SPOKE OF CHANGES THAT WERE NEEDED IN THE OUT-OF-DATE SERVICES IN THE VIBRANT CENTRAL AND WESTERN PART OF TOWN, INCLUDING ROADS AND MARKETS.
+ THE STRAINS ARE THERE FOR ANYONE TO SEE. CHANGE IS NECESSARY,+ THE GOVERNOR SAID.
THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED DISTRICT BOARD IS CHAIRED BY THE CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, CENTRAL AND WESTERN, MR TONY CLARK AND COMPRISES 23 MEMBERS SEVEN EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS, 14 UNOFFICIAL
MEMBERS AND TWO URBAN COUNCILLORS.
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THE 14 UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS ARE MR DAVID SIU, MR ALBERT H.C. LAM, MR MA CHING-YUK, MR LIU LIT-FOR, MR CHOW YIN-ŠUM, DR LAM KUI-CHUN, MR VINCENT KO, MR LEE YUI-CHEE, MR CHEUNG YIU-KAY
MR CHANNING SHUI, MR CHÁN LING-FUNG, MR JOSEPH KWOK, MR TO LOONG AND MR LEUNG SIK-WAH, WHILE THE TWO URBAN COUNCILLORS ARE MR H.M.G. FORSGATE AND MR PETER C.K. CHAN.
THE IR TERMS OF OFFICE WILL BE FROM MARCH 18 TO SEPTEMBER 30.
NOTES TO EDITORS.
COPIES OF THE BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES OF THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT BOARD WILL BE BOXED LATER TODAY.
THE FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH:
+CHAIRMAN
MEMBERS OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT BOARD,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
+IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INAUGURATION OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT BOARD TO-DAY.
/+THE WHITE