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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1983
CLOSER LINKS WITH RESIDENTS URGED
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AREA COMMITTEES SHOULD MAINTAIN A MUCH CLOSER RELATIONSHIP WITH LOCAL RESIDENTS, THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT OFFICER, MR VICTOR NG, SAID THIS EVENING.
HE SAID THE AREA COMMITTEES SHOULD PASS ON ANY INFORMATION GATHERED AND DECISIONS MADE DURING MEETINGS TO THE RESIDENTS, AND SHOULD PUBLICISE THEIR WORK.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE AREA COMMITTEES SHOULD REFLECT RESIDENTS' VIEWS ON SUCH DISTRICT MATTERS AS THE RESUMPTION OF PRIVATE STREETS FOR BETTER MANAGEMENT, THE CLEARANCE OF BACKLANE STRUCTURES AND ILLEGAL PARKING.
MR NG WAS SPEAKING AT THE TO KWA WAN SOUTH AREA COMMITTEE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL CELEBRATION HELD AT THE KO SHAN THEATRE.
+WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM AND THE SETTING UP OF DISTRICT BOARDS, THE ROLES OF THE AREA COMMITTEES HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT, HE SAID.
+AS IDE FROM HELPING THE GOVERNMENT TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, THE AREA COMMITTEES PLAY VERY IMPORTANT CONSULTATIVE ROLES IN DSTRICT AFFAIRS.+
MR NG SAID THE TO KWA WAN SOUTH AREA COMMITTEE, FORMED 11 YEARS AGO, HAD BEEN ORGANISING MANY RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES.
THE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL CELEBRATION, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE, THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE AREA COMMITTEE, FEATURED TWO HOURS OF SINGING AND PLAYING A CHINESE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, AND FOLK DANCE PERFORMANCES BY SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT.
FESTIVAL FUN ARRANGED FOR RESIDENTS
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THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR IAN MACPHERSON, AND MRS MACPHERSON WILL SHARE THE FESTIVE SPIRIT WITH TAI PO RESIDENTS IN A CARNIVAL TO CELEBRATE THE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL ON THURSDAY (SEPTEMBER 22).
THE CARNIVAL, STARTING AT 7 PM, WILL BE HELD AT THE TAI PO PLAYGROUND, HEUNG SZE HUI ROAD.
ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE PERFORMANCES BY FAMOUS SINGERS, A LANTERN DESIGN CONTEST, LANTERN RIDDLES, A PUPPET SH AND GAMES STALLS.
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