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AT THE SAME TIME, DISTRICT SUB-COMMITTEES WOULD BE FORMED SO AS TO ENABLE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY DIRECTLY TO JOIN IN THE RUNNING OF DISTRICT FACILITIES AND IN DISTRICT MANAGEMENT.
MR AKERS-JONES STRESSED THAT THERE WAS NO RISK OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION CRUMBLING AND DISINTEGRATING WHEN THE DISTRICT OFFICER IS REPLACED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT BOARD BY AN UNOFFICIAL.
THE CHAIRMEN ELECTED BY THE 19 BOARDS WILL HAVE A DIRECT PERSONAL INTEREST IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE RESIDENTS.
+ CANNOT IMAGINE THAT THIS IS A SITUATION THAT WILL LEAD. TO ATROPHY AND NEGLECT, NEITHER CAN I IMAGINE THAT DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES WILL BECOME LESS EFFECTIVE AND RESPONSIVE WHEN THERE ARE MORE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY AND IMPORTANCE.
+THE PUBLIC SERVANTS WILL, AS THEIR NAME IMPLIES, RESPOND SENSIBLY AND RESPONSIBLY TO PUBLIC WISHES,+ HE SAID.
MR AKERS-JONES UNDERLINED THE IMPORTANT ROLE OF MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES, AREA COMMITTEES AND MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES WHICH HE DESCRIBED AS THE FLESH AND BONES OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION+.
+1 CANNOT IMAGINE A SITUATION IN WHICH WE COULD AFFORD TO NEGLECT THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING LIVELY AND EFFECTIVE MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, FOR, WITHOUT THEM, THE BUILDINGS OF OUR CITY WOULD RAPIDLY DETERIORATE INTO FESTERING SLUMS, BREEDING PLACES FOR CRIME AND DEGRADATION, + HE SAID.
AS A COMMUNITY, HE STRESSED, WE MUST BECOME INCREASINGLY CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE BUILDINGS WHERE, FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER, EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT HAS BROKEN DOWN, WHOSE LIGHT WELLS ARE KNEE-DEEP IN RUBBISH, FESTOONED WITH WIRE AND TIN SHEET EXCRESCENCES, SPALLING CONCRETE, BROKEN WINDOWS AND BLOCKED STAIRCASES.
+WE MUST NOW MOBILISE RESOURCES AT ALL LEVELS, IN BUILDING ORGANISATIONS, AREA COMMITTEES, DISTRICT BOARDS, AND, SO FAR AS IS PRACTICABLE, WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT ITSELF, TO TACKLE THIS GROWING PROBLEM,+ HE SAID.
MR AKERS-JONES ADDED, HOWEVER, THAT THERE WAS NO INTENTION TO INTERFERE WITH OR WEAKEN THE POSITION WHERE THERE WAS GOOD MANAGEMENT.
NEITHER WAS THERE ANY INTENTION TO NEGLECT TENANTS AND OWNERS ORGANISATIONS WHICH, HE SAID, HAD BECOME IMPORTANT AS A REPRESENTATIVE VOICE AND ESSENTIAL TO THE CONSULTATIVE PROCESS.
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