MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1982
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UK MINISTER VISITS REHABILITATION CENTRE
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THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL SECURITY AND THE DISABLED, MR HUGH ROSSI, TODAY (MONDAY) CONTINUED HIS LAST ROUND OF VISITS TO LOCAL INSTITUTIONS FOR THE DISABLED.
HE VISITED THE ABERDEEN REHABILITATION CENTRE OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, WHICH OFFERS SOCIAL AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR SOME 250 MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY DISABLED PEOPLE.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR SELWYN ALLEYNE, MR ROSSI AND HIS WIFE TOURED THE CENTRE'S CLINIC, THE SHELTERED WORKSHOP, THE WORK ACTIVITY SECTION AND CLASSROOMS AND CHATTED WITH THE DISABLED.
ALSO PRESENT TO EXPLAIN THE WORK OF THE CENTRE WERE THE REGIONAL OFFICER (HONG KONG), MR KWOK KA-CHI, AND THE CENTRE'S OFFICER-IN-CHARGE, MRS JUDY MA.
SUPPORT URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS APPEAL
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THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR GRAHAM BARNES, TODAY (MONDAY) APPEALED TO DISTRICT BOARDS TO SUPPORT THE URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS TO BE HELD NEXT MARCH.
ADDRESSING THE FIRST KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD MEETING,
MR BARNES SAID THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DISTRICT BOARDS AND THE URBAN COUNCIL WOULD BE MUCH CLOSER WHEN THE WHOLE ELECTED ELEMENT OF THE COUNCIL WERE RE-ELECTED ON A CONSTITUENCY BASIS CLOSELY TIED IN WITH URBAN DISTRICTS NEXT MARCH.
+THE BOARD THUS HAS A KEEN INTEREST IN A STRONG TURNOUT IN SUPPORT OF THESE ELECTIONS ALSO, AS MORE THAN EVER THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL BE A DISTRICT MAN AND HIS POSITION VIS-A-VIS THE REPRESENTATIVES OF OTHER DISTRICTS WILL DEPEND TO A CERTAIN DEGREE ON THE VOTERS' SUPPORT WHICH HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO MUSTER.+
HE POINTED OUT THAT A DISTRICT BOARD HAD TO ACHIEVE ALL IT COULD THROUGH ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHERS.
+ IN THE URBAN AREA, PERHAPS THE MOST CRUCIAL RELATIONSHIP WHICH A BOARD MUST DEVELOP IS THAT WITH THE URBAN COUNCIL, AS THE URBAN COUNCIL PROVIDES SO MANY OF THE THINGS WHICH THE DISTRICT BOARD WANTS FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE DISTRICT,+ MR BARNES SAID.
PUBLIC HEALTH, THE CLEANLINESS OF THE STREETS, RUBBISH COLLECTION, THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND CULTURAL SHOWS WERE ALL UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE URBAN COUNCIL TOGETHER WITH A GREAT DEAL OF OTHER FUNCTIONS.
MR BARNES