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WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1985
NEED FOR WORKING INDEPENDENCE STRESSED
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DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES (DMCS) SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO GET ON WITH THEIR JOB WITH A REASONABLE DEGREE OF INDEPENDENCE THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, THE HON DONALD LIAO, SAID TODAY,
REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON KEITH LAM IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR LIAO SAID THAT FOR THE MOMENT DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMEN WOULD NOT ATTEND DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEETINGS, WHICH ARE CHAIRED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE DMC WAS A DISTRICT CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE OF DEPARTMENTAL REPRESENTATIVES WHOSE MAIN DUTY WAS TO ORGANISE CO-ORDINATED ACTION TO MEET THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS.
IT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING PROMPT AND POSITIVE RESPONSES TO THE ADVICE OF THE DISTRICT BOARD.
MR LIAO SAID THE DISTRICT OFFICER MADE REGULAR REPORTS ON THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE TO MEETINGS OF THE FULL BOARD.
+AS AND WHEN NECESSARY, THE DEPARTMENTAL REPRESENTATIVES ALSO GIVE THEIR VIEWS AND EXPLAIN THE IR DEPARTMENTAL DECISIONS FULLY AT BOARD MEETINGS, HE SAID.
+THESE ARRANGEMENTS WILL ENSURE THAT THE DMC REMAINS RESPONSIVE TO THE DISTRICT BOARD.
+NEVERTHELESS, WHERE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT BOARD CONSIDERS IT NECESSARY, AND SO REQUESTS, THE DISTRICT OFFICER WILL ARRANGE SPECIAL MEETINGS BETWEEN HIM AND THE DEPARTMENTAL REPRESENTATIVES CONCERNED TO DISCUSS IN DETAIL ANY DISTRICT ISSUE WHICH IS OF CONCERN TO THE BOARD.
+FURTHERMORE, EVERY DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN IS PROVIDED WITH AN OFFICE IN THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND THERE IS THEREFORE NO LACK OF OPPORTUNITY FOR CONTACT AND CO-ORDINATION.+
MR LIAO ADDED THAT HE WOULD BE MEETING ALL THE NEWLY-ELECTED DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMEN FOR THE FIRST TIME NEXT WEEK, AND HE WOULD DISCUSS THE MATTER WITH THEM.
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