WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1984
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MR KWONG WAS SPEAKING AT A PRIZE-PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE 1983/84 SOUTHERN DISTRICT SOCIAL SERVICES AWARD SCHEME, ORGANISED BY THE BOARD'S SOCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE.
HE SAID THE DISTRICT OFFICE WAS ORGANISING A SERIES OF SCHOOL AND FACTORY VISITS, AND SEMINARS TO HELP RESIDENTS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE DISTRICT BOARD AND TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO REGISTER AS VOTERS.
+THE DISTRICT OFFICE IN APRIL ANALYSED IN DETAIL THE NUMBER AND DISTRIBUTION OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS IN THE DISTRICT, AND A SCHEDULE FOR DOOR-TO-DOOR REGISTRATION VISITS, TO BE CARRIED OUT IN AUGUST, IS BEING DRAWN UP, + MR KWONG SAID.
IN ADDITION, A QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY WILL BE CONDUCTED AMONG 1 000 HOUSEHOLDS NEXT MONTH TO ASSESS THE IR UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORK OF THE DISTRICT BOARD.
+THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY WILL ENABLE US TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE NEEDS OF LOCAL RESIDENTS, AND MAKE FULL USE OF OUR RESOURCES TO MEET THEIR NEEDS, HE SAID.
MR KWONG DESCRIBED AS A ONE-SIDED VIEW' THE THINKING THAT THE FUNCTIONS OF THE DISTRICT BOARDS WERE LIMITED BY THE IR CONSULTATIVE NATURE AND LACK OF EXECUTIVE POWER.
HE SAID THE DISTRICT BOARDS AND THEIR COMMITTEES HAD BEEN PLAYING THE IR 'WATCH-DOG' ROLE BY GIVING THEIR VIEWS ON, AND INQUIRING ABOUT THE WORK OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
+GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS HAVE TO CONSTANTLY REPORT PROGRESS OF THEIR WORK TO THE DISTRICT BOARDS, HE SAID.
MR KWONG POINTED OUT THAT WHILE THE DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES WERE PLAYING A CO-ORDINATING ROLE AMONG GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS IN ENFORCING POLICIES, THE FORMULATION OF POLICIES AND WORK PRIORITIES AS WELL AS THE USE OF LOCAL RESOURCES WERE ALL BASED ON THE ADVICE OF THE DISTRICT BOARDS.
+A DISTRICT BOARD IS LIKE A DRUMMER AND A HELMSMAN WHO STEER THE DRAGON BOAT, WHILE BOARD MEMBERS AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS ARE THE ROWERS WHO JOINTLY KEEP THE BOAT MOVING,+ HE SAID.
TODAY'S PRIZE-PRESENTATION CEREMONY WAS FOLLOWED BY A SEMINAR ON DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION WHICH WAS ATTENDED BY MORE THAN 30 SOCIAL WORKERS IN THE DISTRICT.
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