THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1984
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MORE SEMINARS FOR DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS
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SEMINARS ON GOVERNMENT MACHINERY ARE BEING ARRANGED FOR DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS FROM A NUMBER OF DISTRICTS AND NOT JUST ONLY ON A DISTRICT BASIS, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR IAN MACPHERSON, SAID THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON.
HE BELIEVED THAT SUCH SEMINARS WERE A VALUABLE WAY OF IMPROVING KNOWLEDGE AND EFFECTIVENESS IN LOCAL ADMINISTRATION.
MR MACPHERSON WAS SPEAKING AT THE CLOSING OF A SEMINAR ON +GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY LEADERS+ FOR TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS.
THE SEMINAR, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND, WAS TO GIVE BOARD MEMBERS AN INSIGHT INTO THEIR ROLE AS COMMUNITY LEADERS AS WELL AS INTO GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE AND PROCEDURES.
+WE SHOULD HAVE SEMINARS OF THIS KIND NOT ONLY ON A DISTRICT BASIS, BUT ALSO WITH GROUPS OF BOARD MEMBERS FROM A NUMBER OF DISTRICTS PARTICIPATING TOGETHER, MR MACPHERSON SAID.
+I FEEL SURE YOU WILL AGREE THAT JOINT CONSIDERATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT, THE WAY THE GOVERNMENT MACHINE WORKS, AND THE CASE STUDY APPROACH ARE OF USE NOT JUST TO NEWLY APPOINTED BOARD MEMBERS, BUT ALSO TO EXPERIENCED PEOPLE SUCH AS YOURSELVES.
+ I SOMETIMES THINK THAT WE EXPECT TOO MUCH OF OUR UNOFFICIAL COLLEAGUES AND THAT WE DO NOT DO ENOUGH TO BRIEF THEM ON THE WORK OF THE VARIOUS COMMITTEES THEY JOIN, HE SAID.
MR MACPHERSON SAID THE SUCCESS OF A SEMINAR OF THIS TYPE DEPENDED NOT SO MUCH ON THE ORGANISERS AS ON THE ENTHUSIASM OF THE PARTICIPANTS.
HE NOTED THE BOARD MEMBERS HAD TAKEN AN ACTIVE PART IN THE PAST TWO AFTERNOONS, PARTICULARLY IN THE DISCUSSION SESSIONS, AND HAD PUT FORWARD SOME FRANK AND STIMULATING OPINIONS ON THE GOVERNMENT MACHINERY AND ON THE IR ROLE AS COMMUNITY LEADERS.
+ IT IS VERY ENCOURAGING TO NOTE THAT OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE ALREADY SHOWN A KEEN INTEREST IN EMULATING TSUEN WAN'S GOOD EXAMPLE.
+THIS IS PERHAPS A TRUE MEASURE OF THE SEMINAR'S SUCCESS AND OF THE SPIRIT AND VIGOUR OF OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS,+ HE SAID.
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