WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1982 -
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SHA TIN AREA COMMITTEES FUNCTIONING WELL
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AN IDEAL AREA COMMITTEE IS AN EFFECTIVE BODY TO ENCOURAGE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN LOCAL AFFAIRS AND SERVES AS A LINK BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND THE GOVERNMENT.
IN SHA TIN, SUCH COMMITTEES FUNCTION WELL IN REFLECTING THE VIEWS AND NEEDS OF LOCAL PEOPLE TO THE DISTRICT BOARD AND TO THE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED.
SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF FOUR AREA COMMITTEES IN SHA TIN TODAY (WEDNESDAY), THE DISTRICT OFFICER, DR PATRICK HASE, EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THIS GOVERNMENT +CONSULTATIVE MACHINERY.+
AS AN EXAMPLE, HE SAID IN 1980 TRANSPORT FACILITIES IN THE DISTRICT WAS FAR FROM ADEQUATE.
+HOWEVER, THROUGH THE CONTINUOUS EFFORTS OF THE AREA COMMITTEES, ALMOST EVERY PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE IN SHA TIN NOW HAS ITS OWN BUS ROUTES, HE SAID.
DR HASE CONTINUED THAT AREA COMMITTEES ALSO PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN MOUNTING COMMUNITY CAMPAIGNS, SPORTS, CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.
+A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY LOCAL AREA COMMITTEES LAST YEAR SUCH AS THE CHINESE NEW YEAR FUN FAIR, THE PAINTING EXHIBITION AND THE DRAMA COMPETITION WERE ALL GREAT SUCCESSES,+ HE SAID.
+AS A RESULT, THE SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD WILL ALLOCATE $200 000 TO THE FOUR AREA COMMITTEES FOR COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES IN THE COMING YEAR.+
THREE AREA COMMITTEES WERE FORMED AT THE NEW TOWN IN JUNE LAST YEAR, INITIALLY ONE EACH FOR FO TAN, SHA TIN TOWN CENTRE AND SIU LEK YUEN. BUT DUE TO THE RAPID GROWTH IN POPULATION, SIU LEK YUEN WAS LATER SUB-DIVIDED INTO TWO, NAMELY SIU LEK YUEN AND TIN SUM VALLEY, MAKING A TOTAL OF FOUR COMMITTEES.
AT TODAY'S CEREMONY, THE CHAIRMEN AND OTHER MEMBERS RECEIVED THE IR LETTERS OF APPOINTMENT TO START A ONE-YEAR TERM OF OFFICE.
THE FOUR CHAIRMEN MRS CHAN LO YIN-PING, MR CHEUNG CHI-YUEN, MR CHOY KAN-PU AND MR WONG PO-MING ARE ALSO UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD.
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