SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1989
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CNTA TO LAUNCH 'GETTING TO KNOW YOU' SEMINARS
WILL SOON BE THE URBAN
THE CITY AND NEW
ADMINISTRATION TERRITORIES HOSTING A SERIES OF SEMINARS FOR AREA COMMITTEE MEMBERS IN AREAS.
COMMITTEE FOR HONG KONG AND THE SEMINARS WAS
MONG KOK AREA ANNOUNCING THIS AT A SEMINAR OF THE MEMBERS TODAY (SATURDAY), THE REGIONAL SECRETARY KOWLOON, MR DAVID LAN, SAID THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF TO ENABLE HIM TO EXCHANGE VIEWS AND IDEAS WITH THESE ORGANISATIONS.
THE OPPORTUNITY VERY REASON
MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY WOULD PROVIDE HIM WITH TO FURTHER CONSOLIDATE COMMUNITY BUILDING, WHICH WAS THE THAT THE AREA COMMITTEES WERE FOUNDED, HE SAID.
AT THEIR INCEPTION IN
AREA COMMITTEES
IN THE PARTICIPATION INVOLVED IN PROMOTING PUBLIC CLEAN CAMPAIGN AND THE FIGHT VIOLENT CRIME CAMPAIGN.
1972,
WERE
HONG KEEP
PRIMARILY KONG
EVOLVED INTO AN INTEGRAL THE REVISION THOSE OF
DISTRICT THE
FOR POINTS
"HOWEVER, OVER THE YEARS THEY HAVE PART OF THE COMMUNITY BUILDING MACHINERY AND FOLLOWING
ALONG 1982 OF THEIR TERMS OF REFERENCE
FOCAL BEEN
COMMITTEES
IN
HAVE
BOARDS, AREA CONSULTATION AT THE AREA LEVEL.
"APART FROM PROMOTING CAMPAIGNS AND HAVE BROADENED THEIR CONCERNS
DISTRICT
COMMITTEES DISCUSSED AREA PROBLEMS, GOVERNMENT POLICIES, MR LAN SAID.
THE
AREA
RECREATION,
CONSIDERABLY
MATTERS AND
SOMETIMES
PUBLIC
AREA
AND OFTEN GENERAL
THE
SIGNIFICANT GAUGED BY
COMMITTEES AND THE POPULARITY OF CONTRIBUTION THEY HAVE MADE TO THE COMMUNITY CAN BE EASILY THEIR VAST MEMBERSHIP.
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89 THERE ARE AT PRESENT 120 AREA COMMITTEES IN THE TERRITORY
WITH A TOTAL IN THE URBAN DISTRICTS AND 31 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES MEMBERSHIP OF 2,410.
AREA COMMITTEE
—
WERE MEMBERS
MAINTAINING EXTENSION OF
MR LAN SAID HE AND REGULAR CONTACTS AND THE SERIES OF SEMINARS WOULD BE AN THEIR CONSTANT COMMUNICATION.
HE SAID THE
WOULD SEMINARS
ENABLE
CHAIRMEN AND MEMBERS OF THE 89 URBAN AREA TWO TO THREE MONTHS.
HIM ΤΟ MEET ALL THE COMMITTEES OVER THE NEXT
LABOUR, MANAGEMENT OF PRIVATE BUILDINGS, COMMUNITY FACILITIES, TRAFFIC PROBLEMS, AND THE REVIEW OF FIGHT ACTIVITIES.
EACH SEMINAR WILL FEATURE A SPECIAL TOPIC CONCERNED WITH
OF IMPORTATION LIVELIHOOD OF RESIDENTS. THE PROPOSED TOPICS INCLUDE
PROVISION OF FOREIGN
CRIME
THE
"DISTRICT OFFICERS IN HONG
THEIR AREA COMMITTEES TO DECIDE VARIOUS SEMINARS," HE NOTED.
KONG AND KOWLOON ARE CONSULTING
FOR THE
OF DISCUSSION TOPICS
THE
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