SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1983
SURVEY FINDS DA CONFERENCE A SUCCESS
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THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION CONFERENCE, HELD IN MAY THIS YEAR WAS GENERALLY REGARDED AS A SUCCESS AND MOST BOARD MEMBERS SAID THEY WOULD PARTICIPATE IN SIMILAR SEMINARS IN FUTURE, ACCORDING TO A SURVEY PUBLISHED RECENTLY.
THE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED BY THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION (CNTA) AMONG ALL THE 280 OFFICIAL AND UNOFFICIAL BOARD MEMBERS WHO ATTENDED THE CONFERENCE.
OF THE 238 BOARD MEMBERS WHO RESPONDED TO THE SURVEY, 232 (97 PER CENT) SAID THEY WOULD TAKE PART IN SIMILAR CONFERENCES IN FUTURE.
AND 102 MEMBERS (43 PER CENT) RATED THE CONFERENCE AS USEFUL AND INTERESTING, WHILE 94 (40 PER CENT) FELT THAT IT WAS A VALUABLE EXPERIENCE FOR THEM.
AT THE CONFERENCE, MEMBERS TOOK PART IN WORKSHOPS ON ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT, CULTURE, RECREATION AND SPORTS, TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT, SOCIAL SERVICES AND DISTRICT BOARDS AS CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION.
THE SURVEY INDICATED THAT 179 RESPONDENTS (75 PER CENT) CONSIDERED THESE WORKSHOPS RELEVANT TO THE IR RESPONSIBILITIES AS DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS.
+THE SPEECHES GIVEN WERE GENERALLY REGARDED AS INFORMATIVE AND THUS WELCOMED BY THE PARTICIPANTS, IT SAID.
+AND 201 PARTICIPANTS (84 PER CENT) WERE SATISFIED WITH THE DISCUSSIONS, WHILE 214 (90 PER CENT) THOUGHT THE WORKSHOP SESSIONS HAD COME OUT WITH USEFUL CONCLUSIONS.+
A CNTA SPOKESMAN SAID PREPARATIONS FOR ANOTHER CONFERENCE TO
BE HELD IN THE FIRST PART OF NEXT YEAR WERE BEING MADE.
FOR THIS PURPOSE, AN ORGANISING COMMITTEE AND A PROGRAMME COMMITTEE COMPRISING UNOFFICIALS FROM THE 18 DISTRICT BOARDS HAD BEEN SET UP.
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