SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1986
+SEVEN REGULAR MEETINGS AND THREE SPECIAL MEETINGS WERE HELD IN THE PAST YEAR TO DISCUSS A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICAL ISSUES INCLUDING THE ELECTRONIC ROAD PRICING SYSTEM, THE 1985 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (POWERS AND PRIVILEGES) BILL, HOUSING SUBSIDY TO PUBLIC HOUSING TENANTS, HAWKER AND MARKET POLICIES, THE CONTROL OF PUBLIC BILLIARD SALOONS AND PRIVATE BILLIARD CLUBS, THE BROADCASTING REVIEW BOARD REPORT, AND THE CONTROL OF POLLUTION CAUSED BY ANIMAL WASTES,+ HE SAID.
+LOCAL ISSUES WHICH AROUSED THE BOARD'S CONCERN INCLUDED THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT'S EXTENDED REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME IN WONG CHUK HANG ESTATE AND SHEK PAI WAN ESTATE. THE URBAN COUNCIL'S CAPITAL WORKS PROGRAMME IN SOUTHERN DISRICT, THE LACK OF CROSS
F A FLYOVER AND HARBOUR BUS ROUTES, THE DESIGN OF THE DOWN RAMF
A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING ON ABERDEEN MAIN ROAD.
+ IT ALSO INVOLVED THE PROVISION OF A STANDARD PRIMARY SCHOOL IN TIN WAN AND A SECONDARY SCHOOL IN AP LEI CHAU, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF REFUSE COLLECTION POINTS IN ABERDEEN AND AP LEI CHAU, HE ADDED.
MR LAM SAID THE BOARD HAD ADOPTED AN OPEN AND PRAGMATIC ATTITUDE WHEN DISCUSSING AND HANDLING PROBLEMS IN THE DISTRICT. RESIDENTS' VIEWS AND SUGGESTIONS WERE HEEDED AND WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF THE DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, VARIOUS PROBLEMS WERE DEALT WITH SWIFTLY AND EFFECTIVELY.
+TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION WITH RESIDENTS AND TO COLLECT AND ASSESS PUBLIC VIEWS ON VARIOUS ISSUES, A REPORT WAS SENT TO THE AREA COMMITTEES AFTER EACH BOARD MEETING, MR LAM SAID.
+FURTHERMORE, THE BOARD HANDLED 80 CASES DURING THE 'MEET-THE-PUBLIC SESSIONS AND RECEIVED 97 POSTGRAMMES UNDER THE 'MY SUGGESTIONS TO THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD' SCHEME DURING THE PAST 11 MONTHS.
+MOST OF THEM INVOLVED TRANSPORT, ENVIRONMENT, HOUSING, AND LAW AND ORDER MATTERS, AND MORE THAN ONE-THIRD OF THE CASES WERE SATISFACTORILY RESOLVED. HE ADDED.
TODAY'S SEMINAR WAS ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD TO PROMOTE BETTER RELATIONSHIP AND UNDERSTANDING WITH LOCAL BODIES. ABOUT 150 PEOPLE FORM THE DISTRICT'S SIX AREA COMMITTEES AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS TOOK PART IN THE SEMINAR.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE SEMINAR, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR EDDIE CHAN, SAID GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WOULD STAND TO BENEFIT FROM PUBLIC VIEWS AND SUGGESTIONS REFLECTED THROUGH THE DISTRICT BOARD, AREA COMMITTEES AND LOCAL RESIDENTS ORGANISATION.
+THIS THREE-TIER CONSULTATIVE STRUCTURE OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION CAN FULLY REFLECT THE VIEWS OF VARIOUS SECTORS, THUS ENABLING THE AUTHORITIES TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF RESIDENTS' NEEDS WHEN CARRYING OUT ITS POLICIES, HE SAID.
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