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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1985
IN ADDITION, AMS MEMBERS WERE SENT TO BEACHES FOR SOME 15 200 MAN-HOURS DURING THE SUMMER SEASON, TO BACK UP THE REGULAR LIFEGUARD SERVICES PROVIDED BY STAFF OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
AMONG THE 120 MEMBERS AND GUESTS ATTENDING THE ANNUAL DINNER WERE SIR ROGER LOBO, MISS LYDIA DUNN, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR DAVID JEAFFRESON AND ACTING COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR JAMES MORR IN.
LOCAL INPUT IN DECISION MAKING VALUED ******
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL, MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COUNCIL WAS IN RESPONSE TO THE PUBLIC'S DESIRE TO HAVE MORE SAY IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
ADDRESSING A MEETING OF THE Y'S MEN'S CLUB OF TSUEN WAN, MR CHEUNG SAID THE NEW COUNCIL OFFERED TO PEOPLE RESIDING IN NON-URBAN AREAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY A MORE DIRECT PART IN LOCAL ADMINISTRATION.
+ IT REPRESENTS A STEP FORWARD IN THE PROGRESSIVE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT AND IS A REFLECTION OF THE GENERAL WISH THAT THERE SHOULD BE GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE GOVERNMENT, MR CHEUNG ADDED.
TO GIVE THE COUNCIL THE WIDEST POSSIBLE REPRESENTATION, MR CHEUNG SAID THE COUNCIL WAS COMPOSED OF MEMBERS FROM THE NINE DISTRICTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WHO HAD A RECORD OF DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVICE IN THE REGION,
HE ADDED THAT THE DIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICTS AND THE TRADITIONS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES WOULD BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN THE COUNCIL'S DECISION MAKING PROCESS.
+THE WIDESPREAD NATURE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES TOWNSHIPS AND THE GEOGRAPHICALLY SCATTERED CONCENTRATIONS OF POPULATION PRESENT DIFFERENT NEEDS AND PROBLEMS FOR EACH DISTRICT. IT IS THUS NECESSARY FOR THE COUNCIL TO ADOPT A DECENTRALISED COMMITTEE STRUCTURE IN THE FORM OF NINE DISTRICT COMMITTEES IN WHICH LOCAL INTERESTS ARE REPRESENTED, MR CHEUNG SAID.
TWO OF THE NINE DISTRICT COMMITTEES, THOSE IN TAI PO AND THE ISLANDS DISTRICTS, HAD ALREADY HELD THEIR FIRST MEETINGS WITH THE REST TO FOLLOW SHORTLY, MR CHEUNG ADDED.
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