TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1983
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THE COMMITTEE HAD ALSO ASSISTED INFORMING THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT ARTS AND CULTURE COUNCIL AND KOWLOON CITY CHILDREN CHORUS TO PROMOTE ARTS AND CULTURE, AND TO STIMULATE CHILDREN'S INTEREST IN MUSIC.
FOR THE FEMALE POPULATION, THE COMMITTEE SUPPORTED THE SETTING UP OF HK GIRL GUIDES KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT ASSOCIATION AND OI MAN YIN NGAI SOCIETY.
THE OBJECT OF COMMUNITY BUILDING WAS TWO-FOLD DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, MRS LO SAID.
COMMUNITY
BUT MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL, THE COMMITTEE WAS TO MAXIMISE THE USE OF RESOURCES FOR COMMUNITY BUILDING AND TO SUPERVISE THE PROGRESS OF SUCH ACTIVITIES.
+COMMUNITY BUILDING CANNOT BE ACHIEVED BY JUST ONE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT - THE DISTRICT OFFICE BUT IT NEEDS THE CO-OPERATION OF VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.
→AND THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM WAS GRADUALLY IMPLEMENTED IN THE EARLY 80'S WITH THE DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES AND LATER DISTRICT BOARDS BEING SET UP,+ SHE SAID.
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BUS SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS DISCUSSED
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A GROUP OF DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS FROM THE NORTH DISTRICT OF THE NEW TERRITORIES TODAY (TUESDAY) VISITED THE KOWLOON MOTOR BUS COMPANY HEADQUARTERS IN KWAI CHÚNG FOR A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE BUS SERVICES.
HEADED BY THE NORTH DISTRICT OFFICER, MR STUART HARBINSON, THE GROUP WAS GREETED BY THE COMPANY'S GENERAL MANAGER MR LAWRENCE LOUEY, AND OTHER SENIOR KMB OFFICIALS. THEY DISCUSSED POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING SERVICES IN NORTH DISTRICT.
THE DB MEMBERS PROPOSED THE DISPLAY OF ROUTE INFORMATION IN EVERY BUS STOP. THEY ALSO EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER FEEDER BUS SERVICES WHEN THE ELECTRIFICATION OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY WAS TO BE FULLY IMPLEMENTED LATER THIS YEAR.
THE GROUP WAS HAPPY TO LEARN ABOUT A COMPUTERISED PASSENGER ENQUIRIES SYSTEM ALREADY INTRODUCED BY KMB, AND THAT A MAP OF DIFFERENT BUS ROUTES WOULD SOON BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
THE DISCUSSION WAS FOLLOWED BY A TOUR OF VARIOUS SECTIONS CF THE KMB HEADQUARTERS.
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