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IN ADDITION, A NUMBER OF SPECIALIST WORK ING GROUPS WILL BE SET UP UNDER THE TWO COMMITTEES TO CONSIDER PARTICULAR AREAS OF WORK. THEY WILL SUBMIT THEIR REPORTS TO THE IR PARENT COMMITTEE FOR ENDORSEMENT AND ONWARD TRANSMISSION TO THE STEERING GROUP.
IT IS HOPED THAT THE STEERING GROUP WILL COMPLETE ITS DELIBERATIONS IN TIME FOR THE MOD IF IED REGISTER TO BE INTRODUCED IN 1990 OR 1991.
DISTRICT BOARD ACHIEVEMENTS RECOGNISED
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THE AIM OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION WAS TO ACHIEVE HIGHER RESPONSIVENESS AND BETTER CO-ORDINATION OF ADMINISTRATION AT DISTRICT LEVEL AS WELL AS ENCOURAGING GREATER PARTICIPATION BY RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT AFFAIRS, NORTH DISTRICT OFFICER, MR MATTHEW CHEUNG SAID TODAY THURSDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE ELEVENTH SPEECH DAY OF THE SHA TAU KOK GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL, MR CHEUNG SAID THAT THE NORTH DISTRICT BOARD, WITH ITS NETWORK OF COMMITTEES TOGETHER WITH THE DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, HAD BROUGHT ABOUT SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS.
AMONG THEM WAS ITS CONTRIBUTION TO LOCAL EDUCATION,
MR CHEUNG SAID, ADDING THAT A WORKING GROUP ON THE PROVISION OF FORM I SCHOOL PLACES WITHIN THE DISTRICT WAS SET UP EARLY LAST YEAR.
AS A RESULT, A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT FOUR ADDITIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS SHOULD BE BUILT BY 1992 WAS SUBMITTED TO GOVERNMENT FOR CONSIDERATION.
THE BOARD HAD ALSO BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A CENTRAL PRIMARY SCHOOL IN THE FRONTIER CLOSED AREA OF SHA TAU KOK WHICH WOULD BE OPERATIONAL BY SEPTEMBER 1988, HE SAID.
ON TRANSPORT MATTERS, MR CHEUNG SAID THAT THE DISTRICT BOARD HAD DONE MUCH IN THE INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW EXPRESS BUS ROUTE 70X PLYING BETWEEN SHEUNG SHUI AND KWUN TONG VIA TOLO HIGHWAY
IN APRIL LAST YEAR.
+CREDIT ALSO GOES TO THE BOARD IN THE ULTIMATE SOLUTION TO THE LONG-STANDING PROBLEM OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN MAN KAM TO, + HE SAID.
/MR CHEUNG