SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1987
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CNTA CENTRES PROVIDE EFFECTIVE CHANNEL
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THE PUBLIC ENQUIRIES SERVICES CENTRES OF THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION (CNTA) HAVE PROVED TO BE EFFECTIVE CHANNELS FOR PUBLIC ACCESS TO IMPORTANT INFORMATION.
+A LARGE VOLUME OF COPIES OF GOVERNMENT CONSULTATIVE DOCUMENTS ARE DISTRIBUTED TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE PESC'S LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE 19 DISTRICTS, A CNTA SPOKESMAN SAID.
+THE PUBLIC IS SHOWING AN INCREASING INTEREST IN GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AND IN THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW POLICIES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
+CONSULTATIVE DOCUMENTS ON THE MEDICAL SERVICES IN HOSPITALS EXECUTIVE REVIEW, REVIEW OF THE JUNIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION ASSESSMENT (JSEA) SYSTEM, PUBLIC HOUSING SUBSIDIES AND RENT DOMESTIC POLICY AS WELL AS PROPOSALS ON THE SYSTEMS FOR REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES AND WAYS TO COUNTER THE TRIAD PROBLEMS HAD AROUSED MUCH PUBLIC
INTEREST WHICH RESULTED IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF BETWEEN 20 000 AND 30 000 COPIES EACH OF THE SUBJECT PUBLICATIONS LAST YEAR,+ HE ADDED.
AMONG ABOUT 16 700 ENQUIRIES THE PESC'S HANDLED DAILY LAST YEAR, A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER CONCERNED GOVERNMENT FACILITIES AND SERVICES.
+TO UPDATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND TO ENSURE EFFICIENT SERVICES, PESC STAFF ATTEND REGULAR BRIEFING SESSIONS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS OF PUBLIC CONCERN, + THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THROUGH THESE CENTRES, PEOPLE ALSO AIRED COMPLAINTS ABOUT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND WERE GIVEN ADVICE ON LEGAL AND RENTAL PROBLEMS UNDER THE FREE LEGAL ADVICE SCHEME AND THE RENT OFFICER SCHEME.
FESTIVAL CELEBRATIONS FOR SOUTHERN RESIDENTS
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SOUTHERN DISTRICT RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE THE LUNAR NEW YEAR IN A NUMBER OF CARNIVALS AND VARIETY SHOWS BEING HELD IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE DISTRICT OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
SPONSORED BY THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD'S COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE, THE LUNAR NEW YEAR GATHERINGS WILL BE HELD IN TIN WAN, ÁP LEI CHÂU, WAH FU, POK FU LAM AND SHEK 0.
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