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TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1985
SUPPORT FOR NEW DISTRICT BOARDS STRESSED
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GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WILL CONTINUE TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO DISTRICT BOARD MEETINGS TO ENSURE THAT THE RESPONSIVENESS OF THE ADMINISTRATION AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL WILL CONTINUE TO BE ENHANCED, THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DONALD LIAO SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
MR LIAO WAS SPEAKING AT THE FIRST MEETING OF THE NEW KWAJ CHUNG AND TSING YI DISTRICT BOARD.
+THE DISTRICT OFFICER, AS CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, WILL HAVE THE CONTINUING RESPONSIBILITY OF CO-ORDINATING DISTRICT AFFAIRS AND ENSURING THAT THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WILL RECEIVE EVERY POSSIBLE ASSISTANCE IN THEIR WORK, + HE SAID.
DEPARTMENTAL REPRESENTATIVES WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE ADVICE, TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, TO EXPLAIN POLICIES AND DECISIONS, AND TO PRESENT PAPERS AT BOARD MEETINGS.
MR LIAO SAID HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT ALL DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS, APPOINTED AND ELECTED, WOULD WORK WITH EACH OTHER IN HARMONY TOWARDS THE COMMON GOAL OF ENSURING THE EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF THE BOARDS AND ENHANCING THE WELFARE OF THE LOCAL RESIDENTS.
+WE HAVE A TRADITION OF CONSENSUS IN OUR POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS AND UNDOUBTEDLY THAT TRADITION WILL BE CARRIED ON IN THE DISTRICT BOARDS,+ HE ADDED.
MR LIAO NOTED THAT THE KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI DISTRICT BOARD WAS THE FIRST TO MEET FOLLOWING A NUMBER OF INNOVATIVE CHANGES, WHICH OPENED UP A NEW PAGE IN THE HISTORY OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION IN HONG KONG.
ALL 19 DISTRICT BOARDS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY WILL BE RUN ENTIRELY BY UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS, WITH THE CHAIRMEN DE ING ELECTED BY MEMBERS THEMSELVES.
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