SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 1986
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AREA COMMITTEES' ROLE STRESSED
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AREA COMMITTEES PROVIDE A GOOD TRAINING GROUND FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY, KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR KEVIN MAK, SAID THIS (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON.
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SPEAKING AT THE PING SHEK-KAI YIP CARNIVAL, HE SAID AMONG THE 30 MEMBERS OF THE CURRENT KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD, HALF CAME FROM LOCAL AREA COMMITTEES.
LAST TERM, 13 OF THE 24 UNOFFICIAL DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WERE ALSO CHAIRMEN OR MEMBERS OF AREA COMMITTEES, HE SAID.
MR MAK SAID THE DEVELOPMENT OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION WOULD RELY ON PEOPLE WHO ARE WELL ACQUAINTED WITH COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
+AREA COMMITTEES ARE PRECISELY THE PLACE WHERE LOCAL PEOPLE CAN LEARN MORE ON COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND GAIN EXPERIENCE, HE SAID.
IN VIEW OF THE INCREASING WORKLOAD OF AREA COMMITTEES, MR MAK SAID THE DISTRICT OFFICE WOULD PROPOSE TO THE DISTRICT BOARD THAT MORE FUNDS BE ALLOCATED TO THEM IN THE NEXT FINANCIAL YEAR.
THIS FINANCIAL YEAR, THE BOARD ALLOCATED $210 000 TO THE 14 AREA COMMITTEES, REPRESENTING ABOUT 10 PER CENT OF ITS TOTAL BUDGET.
MR MAK ALSO CALLED ON AREA COMMITTEES TO KEEP UP THEIR ROLE AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES.
TODAY'S CARNIVAL WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE PING SHEK-KAI YIP AREA COMMITTEE, THE URBAN COUNCIL, THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE LOCAL MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE, AND SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD TO CELEBRATE THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PING SHEK- KAI YIP AREA COMMITTEE.
A LOOK AT WATCHES, CLOCKS INDUSTRY ******
THE FIRST OF A NEW SERIES OF INDUSTRY PROFILES, WHICH LOOKS AT THE WATCHES AND CLOCKS INDUSTRY, HAS JUST BEEN PÚBLISHED.
THE STUDY WAS CARRIED OUT BY THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT AND IS BASED ON INTERVIEWS AND CONSULTATIONS WITH MANUFACTURERS, INDUSTRY AND TRADE ORGANISATIONS AND RESEARCH.
/THE SERIES