TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1983
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SENIOR HOUSING STAFF DECENTRALISED INTO DISTRICTS
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THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT HAS COMPLETED DECENTRALISING 15 SENIOR HOUSING MANAGERS INTO VARIOUS DISTRICTS IN LINE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SCHEME.
+THESE SENIOR MANAGEMENT STAFF ARE NOW OPERATING FROM DISTRICT CENTRES AND ACTIVELY TAKING PART IN THE DELIBERATIONS OF DISTRICT BOARDS TO ENSURE THAT HOUSING POLICIES ARE GEARED TO LOCAL NEEDS, SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT TODAY.
HE SAID THE DECENTRALISATION SCHEME HAD ENABLED THEM TO MAINTAIN CLOSER CONTACT WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THE PROCESS OF COMMUNITY BUILDING.
+SOME OF THEM HAVE EVEN JOINED DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS IN THEIR GROUP SESSIONS WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AFTER OFFICE HOURS.
+ IN SUCH SESSIONS, WHILE NOT ALL ISSUES BROUGHT UP RELATE TO PUBLIC HOUSING, HOUSING OFFICIALS PUT CURRENT HOUSING PRACTICES IN PERSPECTIVE WHENEVER NECESSARY.
+WHERE QUESTIONS CONCERN INDIVIDUAL CASES, THEY TRY THEIR BEST TO GIVE THE FULLEST EXPLANATION POSSIBLE ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT ALWAYS EASY TO IMMEDIATELY AND SATISFACTORILY RESPOND TO MATTERS INVOLVING PARTICULAR CASES.
+HOWEVER, SUCH CASES WILL ALWAYS BE FURTHER LOOKED AT MORE CLOSELY IN FOLLOW-UP ACTION.+
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT WOULD CONTINUE TO ENSURE THAT, TIME AND MANPOWER PERMITTING, AS MANY MEET-THE-PUBLIC SESSIONS AS POSSIBLE WERE REPRESENTED BY HOUSING OFFICIALS ALTHOUGH IT WAS NOT ALWAYS POSSIBLE FOR EACH AND EVERY SESSION TO BE SO REPRESENTED BECAUSE OF MANPOWER CONSTRAINT.