SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 1984
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+ALTHOUGH WE HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, THERE IS STILL AMPLE ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT, HE ADDED.
ANOTHER SPEAKER AT THE SEMINAR, THE CHIEF RECREATION AND SPORT OFFICER (DISTRICT OPERATIONS), MR RAYMOND CHAN, SAID THE PART-TIME INSTRUCTORS OF THE RSS PLAYED THE PART OF AMBASSADORS+ BY OFFERING THEIR SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC.
HE ALSO EXHORTED TEACHERS AND TRAINERS TO STEP UP IMPROVING THE IR OWN SKILL SO AS TO KEEP ABREAST WITH PROGRESS.
MR CHAN SAID THEIR ROLE WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE VERY OFTEN TALENT WAS DISCOVERED AMONG THE THOUSANDS WHO TOOK PART IN ACTIVITIES SUPERVISED BY THEM.
A SENIOR RECREATION AND SPORT OFFICER, MR TSIN YAN-PUI, SAID THAT INSTRUCTORS, LIKE SCHOOL TEACHERS, ARE INDISPENSABLE.
HE SAID THAT IN THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR, THE RSS HAS EMBARKED ON A PROGRAMME TO TRAIN MORE PART-TIME INSTRUCTORS IN AN EFFORT TO MOBILISE MASS SPORTS MOVEMENT IN HONG KONG.
LAST YEAR, WITH THE SUPPORT OF VARIOUS SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS, THE RSS ORGANISED 80 TRAINING PROGRAMMES AND 30 SEMINARS FOR THE INSTRUCTORS, HE SAID.
SINCE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE RSS, MORE THAN 34 000 PROJECTS HAD BEEN ORGANISED ATTRACTING ABOUT FOUR MILLION PARTICIPANTS. FOLLOWING THE SEMINAR, MR YUNG, PRESENTED THE RSS SERVICE AWARD TO 21 MEN AND WOMEN VOLUNTEER INSTRUCTORS.
BOARD MEMBERS HELP SOLVE RESIDENTS' PROBLEMS
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EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS HAVE HELPED SOLVE MORE THAN 90 PER CENT OF THE 72 CASES THEY RECEIVED THROUGH THE +MEET-THE- PUBLIC+ SESSIONS, A BOARD SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
FOR THE SIX-MONTH PERIOD ENDING LAST DECEMBER, HE SAID, A TOTAL OF 27 SESSIONS WAS HELD DURING WHICH UNOFFICIAL BOARD MEMBERS RECEIVED 72 CASES.
SIXTY-SIX CASES, OR MORE THAN 90 PER CENT, HAD BEEN SATISFACTORILY DEALT WITH.
+A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF CASES WAS ON HOUSING PROBLEMS, BUT QUITE A NUMBER CONCERNING SUCH MATTERS AS TENANCY AND HOUSEHOLD DISPUTES, TAXATION, RELOCATION OF TRAFFIC SIGNS AS WELL AS COMPLAINTS ABOUT HAWKER AND NOISE NUISANCE, WERE RECORDED, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THIS INDICATES