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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1988
ACTIVITIES.
THERE WAS ALSO NO LET-UP IN THE FIGHT AGAINST VICE DURING THE MONTH, POLICE CONDUCTED 2,009 RAIDS AND ARRESTED PEOPLE. THEY ALSO SEIZED 100 OBSCENE VIDEO TAPES.
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UP IN 326 AMOUNTING то $1.58
AS FOR ILLEGAL GAMBLING, 749 PEOPLE WERE ROUNDED RAIDS IN JANUARY, TABLE-MONEY AND BETTING SLIPS MILLION WERE SEIZED,
MAC MODEL RULES REVISED
THE SET OF MODEL RULES FOR MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES HAS BEEN REVISED TO IMPROVE THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR MAC FORMATION AND OPERATION, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
THE IMPROVEMENTS WERE RECOMMENDED BY A WORKING GROUP SET UP UNDER THE STEERING COMMITTEE ON AREA COMMITTEES AND MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES IN THE LIGHT OF THE OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCES OF THE MAC'S AND AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE DISTRICT OFFICES.
A RERESENTATIVE QUORUM OF A
ONE OF THE MAIN REVISIONS IS TO PERMIT AGED 18 OR ABOVE OF A HOUSEHOLD TO BE COUNTED IN THE GENERAL MERTING OR A MEETING OF HOUSEHOLDS ON THE SAME FLOOR OF A BUILDING. IN THE PAST, ONLY HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS COULD BE COUNTED.
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ON CHOOSING THE "FLOOR REPRESENTATIVES" PROVISIONS ARE MADE IN THE REVISED RULES FOR THEM TO BE 'NOMINATED" BY REPRESENTATIVES OF HOUSEHOLDS ON THE SAME FLOOR AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO ELECTIONS AT "FLOOR MEETINGS".
"THIS NOMINATION METHOD HAS BEEN TRIED OUT IN SOME DISTRICTS AND IS FOUND TO BE WORKING WELL, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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PROVIDE THAT
AS FOR THE TENURE OF OFFICE, THE REVISED RULES THE TERM OF OFFICE OF MAC OFFICE-BEARERS BE CHANGED FROM A FIXED TERM OF TWO YEARS ΤΟ SUCH PERIOD AS TO COINCIDE WITH THR BIENNIAL ELECTIONS OF OFFICE-BEARERS WHICH TAKE PLACE AT ALTERNATE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS.
THE FORMER CRITERIA FOR
DISQUALIFYING AN MAC OFFICE-BEARER,
+ WHICH WERE CONSIDERED TO0 STRINGENT, HAVE BEEN REVISED TO BRING THEM IN LINE WITH THOSE GOVERNING A DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER.
THE REVISED MODEL RULES HAVE COME INTO EFFECT ON FEBRUARY 16 THIS YEAR. MAC OFFICE-BEARERS WHO WISH TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THESE RULES SHOULD CONTACT THEIR RESPECTIVE DISTRICT OFFICES.
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