MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1985
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DISTRICT BOARD MEETS AREA REPRESENTATIVES
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THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE WILL ORGANISE A SEMINAR FOR THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE DISTRICT'S SIX AREA COMMITTEES IN MARCH NEXT YEAR TO STRENGTHEN TIES AND COMMUNICATION, ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER OF SOUTHERN, MISS ANGELA TSE, SAID.
THE GATHERING IS THE SEQUEL TO A SERIES OF SEMINARS ORGANISED FOR AREA COMMITTEES AND LOCAL RESIDENTS ORGANISATIONS DURING THE PAST SIX MONTHS.
IT IS HOPED THAT THE SEMINAR WOULD ENABLE AREA COMMITTEES TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE WORK OF THE DISTRICT BOARD, WHILE THE LATTER COULD OBTAIN FIRST-HAND FEEDBACK INFORMATION ON RESIDENTS' VIEWS ABOUT ITS PERFORMANCE, MISS TSE SAID.
SHE POINTED OUT THAT DISTRICT BOARDS, AREA COMMITTEES AND RESIDENTS ORGANISATIONS FORM AN IMPORTANT THREE-TIER CONSULTATIVE SYSTEM WHICH REFLECT THE VIEWS AND GAUGE THE NEEDS OF DISTRICT RESIDENTS.
DISTRICT BOARDS AND AREA COMMITTEES HAVE A CLOSE WORKING RELATIONSHIP AND VERY OFTEN EXCHANGE MINUTES OF MEETINGS IN ORDER TO COLLATE OPINIONS AND TO MONITOR EACH OTHER'S PERFORMANCE.
IN TURN, AREA COMMITTEES WORK CLOSELY WITH RESIDENTS ORGANISATIONS SUCH AS MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND OWNERS' CORPORATIONS.
+RESIDENTS' VIEWS ON COMMUNITY AFFAIRS ARE EFFECTIVELY REFLECTED THROUGH MEMBERS OF AREA COMMITTEES AND RESIDENTS ORGANISATIONS, AND IN TURN THESE OPINIONS ARE PASSED ONTO THE DISTRICT BOARD,+ MISS TSE SAID.
+AT THIS LEVEL, RESIDENTS' VIEWS ON VARIOUS ISSUES OR POLICIES ARE THEN MADE KNOWN TO THE GOVERNMENT,+ SHE ADDED.
MISS TSE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF A SEMINAR JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE ABERDEEN-AP LEI CHAU AREA COMMITTEE FOR MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND OWNERS' CORPORATIONS IN THE CONSTITUENCY.
SHE COMMENDED THE ABERDEEN-AP LEI CHAU AREA COMMITTEE FOR THEIR INVALUABLE OPINIONS ON MANY LOCAL ISSUES, AND PARTICULARLY ON TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT IN ABERDEEN WHICH HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO ENSURING THAT TRAFFIC FLOWED SMOOTHLY DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROAD THROUGH ABERDEEN+ PROJECT.
NOTING THAT THERE WOULD BE GREAT CHANGES IN THE SOCIAL AND POPULATION STRUCTURE IN AP LEI CHAU WITH THE COMPLETION OF LEI TUNG ESTATE AND THE AP LEI CHAU NORTH RECLAMATION PROJECT IN A FEW YEARS' TIME, MISS TSE URGED RESIDENTS ORGANISTIONS TO KEEP IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE AREA COMMITTEE TO HELP IMPROVE CONDITIONS IN THE DISTRICT.
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