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HE NOTED THAT MEETINGS WERE AN IMPORTANT PART OF DECISION- MAKING AND THE PROCESS OF CONSULTATION, AND DB MEMBERS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WOULD LIKE TO DEVELOP THE IR SKILLS TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE AND PRODUCTIVE WHEN CONDUCTING MEETINGS.
HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS HAD ADAPTED TO THE CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES IN HONG KONG'S SOCIETY SO THAT THEY COULD RESPOND BETTER TO THE NEEDS OF THE PUBLIC.
THE SEMINAR WOULD HELP CLARIFY THE ORGANISATION AND PROCEDURES OF THE GOVERNMENT, HE SAID.
SHA TIN DISTRICT COMMITTEE TO MEET
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THE SHA TIN DISTRICT COMMITTEE OF THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL WILL HOLD ITS FIRST MEETING TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS WILL BE BRIEFED ON ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE, RECREATION, SPORT AND CULTURAL SERVICES AND FACILITIES PROVIDED BY REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE OPEN MEETING IN CANTONESE WILL BE HELD IN THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL CHAMBER ON THE SECOND FLOOR, TSUEN WAN STATION MULTI-STOREY CARPARK AND GOVERNMENT OFFICE BUILDING, 174-208 CASTLE PEAK ROAD, TSUEN WAN, NEW TERRITORIES, AT 2.30 PM.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE MEETING. PLEASE NOTE THAT SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION SERVICE WILL NOT BE PROVIDED.
HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY COMPLETED
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FIELD WORK FOR THE 1984-85 HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY, WHICH BEGAN IN OCTOBER 1984, WAS COMPLETED LAST MONTH.
ABOUT 4 800 HOUSEHOLDS PARTICIPATED IN THE SURVEY, WHICH REPRESENTED A 68 PER CENT RESPONSE RATE. THIS WAS MUCH HIGHER THAN THE 55 PER CENT IN THE LAST SURVEY CONDUCTED IN 1979-80.
THE SURVEY, JOINTLY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT AND THE HANG SENG BANK LIMITED, WAS AIMED AT OBTAINING DATA FOR REVISING THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES TO BETTER REFLECT PRICE MOVEMENTS OF CONSUMER GOODS AND SERVICES.
/A SPOKESMAN
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