SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 1986
SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD REPORT PUBLISHED
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A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD FROM JANUARY 1984 TO DECEMBER 1985 HAS BEEN PUBLISHED AND WILL SOON BE DISTRIBUTED TO LOCAL RESIDENTS' ORGANISATIONS, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, SCHOOLS AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.
A SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID A TOTAL OF 4 000 COPIES IN CHINESE AND 1 500 IN ENGLISH HAD BEEN PRINTED, COPIES WILL BE AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE'S PUBLIC ENQUIRY COUNTERS IN ABERDEEN CENTRE, WAH FU AND STANLEY.
THE EIGHT-CHAPTER, 94-PAGE REPORT DESCRIBES THE WORK OF THE BOARD IN COMMUNITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES, SOCIAL SERVICES, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT, TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT, DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, AND CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION, THERE ARE NO FEWER THAN 50 COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS.
SIX APPENDICES DETAIL THE TERMS OF REFERENCE AND MEMBERSHIP OF THE BOARD AND ITS FIVE COMMITTEES.
IN HIS FOREWORD TO THE REPORT, THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR JASPER LAM, SAID THE BOARD HAD MADE CONSIDERABLE EFFORT IN PROMOTING THE WELL-BEING OF RESIDENTS AND WORKERS IN THE DISTRICT.
+THE BOARD WILL CONTINUE TO VIGOROUSLY MONITOR AND ADVISE THE GOVERNMENT ON THE PROVISION AND USE OF PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES WITHIN THE DISTRICT. THE ADEQUACY AND PRIORITIES OF GOVERNMENT PROGRAMMES FOR THE DISTRICT AND THE USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS ALLOCATED TO THE DISTRICT FOR LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PROJECTS, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE VIEWS AND WISHES OF THE PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT, HE SAID.
THE REPORT ALSO CONTAINS PERSONAL MESSAGES FROM THE BOARD'S 17 MEMBERS AND TWO URBAN COUNCILLORS EXPRESSING THEIR THOUGHTS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT AND DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE BOARD AS WELL AS THEIR OWN PLANS AND
ASPIRATIONS.
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