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THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1985
THE PARTY NEXT WENT TO THE LOK SIN TONG TO SEE THE PRIMARY SCHOOL AND CLINIC THERE.
LADY YOUDE ALSO VISITED THE CHUN SEEN MEI CHUEN, A NURSERY RUN BY THE KOWLOON WOMEN'S WELFARE CLUB IN SHING TAK STREET AND THE HOLY CARPENTER COMMUNITY CENTRE IN HUNG HOM.
THE PARTY THEN VISITED A NUMBER OF PRIVATE STREETS IN TO KWA WAN WHERE WORK IS BEING CARRIED OUT TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE AREA.
CLOSER LINKS BETWEEN COMMUNITY GROUPS URGED
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AS BASIC COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS PLAY A VITAL PART IN REFLECTING THE VIEWS OF THE PEOPLE TO THE AUTHORITIES, IT IS THE GOVERNMENT'S WISH THERE SHOULD BE GREATER CO-OPERATION AND BETTER COMMUNICATION BETWEEN AREA COMMITTEES AND MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID THIS (THURSDAY) EVENING.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT A SEMINAR ORGANISED BY THE CAUSEWAY BAY SOUTH AREA COMMITTEE AND THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICE.
THE SEMINAR IS THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF MEETINGS ORGANISED THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY TO IMPROVE ORGANISATIONAL LINKS BETWEEN AREA COMMITTEES, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND OWNERS CORPORATIONS.
MR AKERS-JONES SAID MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND OWNERS CORPORATIONS COULD HELP REFLECT THE VIEWS OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE AREA COMMITTEES, SOME OF WHOSE MEMBERS ARE ALSO DISTRICT BOARL MEMPERS.
+THUS, AREA COMMITTEE MEMBERS MAY BE ABLE TO HELP MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND VICE VERSA, MR AKERS-JONES SAID.
THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM, TOLD THE SEMINAR THERE ARE MORE THAN 5 000 BUILDING-BASED MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND OWNERS CORPORATIONS IN THE TERRITORY, COVERING ABOUT 70 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL POPULATION IN HONG KONG.
MR WIGGHAM SAID THAT ALTHOUGH THESE ORGANISATIONS WERE ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED FOR SPECIFIC AND FAIRLY NARROW PURPOSES THEY HAVE DEVELOPED INTO A NETWORK REPRESENTING THE INTERESTS OF RESIDENTS ON A WIDER BASIS.
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