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FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1989
AREA COMMITTEES TO STRENGTHEN DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION
THE
FOUR AREA COMMITTEES WILL BE SET UP IN TUEN MUN NEXT ADDITIONAL CHANNELS OF CONSULTATION TO STRENGTHEN ADMINISTRATION SCHEME.
SPEAKING AT A
MONTH AS DISTRICT
SEMINAR THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING, THE DISTRICT
THE NORTHEAST, OFFICER. MR JOHN WAN, SAID THE COMMITTEES WOULD COVER
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST.
NORTHWEST SECTORS ΤΟ TIE
WITH THE IN
EXISTING ADMINISTRATIVE BOUNDARIES.
WILL PERFORM AN IMPORTANT
THE
LIVING
"THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED COMMITTEES ROLE IN COMMUNITY BUILDING, BY WAY OF FOSTERING NEIGHBOURLINESS. PROMOTING BETTER BUILDING MANAGEMENT AND IMPROVING ENVIRONMENT." HE SAID.
THE
30
MEMBERS, OWNERS SCHOOLS,
*
MR WAN SAID EACH COMMITTEE WOULD CONSIST OF 20 TO INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVES FROM
MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES,
CORPORATIONS,
OFFICES. RESIDENTS' ORGANISATIONS, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY SECTORS.
VILLAGE
ON THE
DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WOULD ALSO BE ENCOURAGED TO SIT COMMITTEES WHILE REPRESENTATIVES FROM VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WOULD BE INVITED TO ATTEND MEETINGS ON A NEED BASIS.
THE NORMAL TENURE OF AN AREA COMMITTEE MEMBER IS 12 MONTHS.
SAID THAT KONG CLEAN AND
ON THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE AREA COMMITTEES, MR WAN THEY WERE STARTED IN 1972 TO ASSIST IN THE KEEP HONG THE FIGHT VIOLENT CRIME CAMPAIGNS.
WITH
"NOWADAYS, HOWEVER, THE COMMITTEES ARE NOT ONLY CONCERNED AREA PROBLEMS, BUT ALSO IN DISTRICT MATTERS AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT POLICIES," HE SAID.
DISTRICT
OVERLAPPING OF
MR BOARDS, A PROBLEM BECAUSE
WOULD CONSULTATIVE BODIES
IN RESPONSE TO RECENT COMMENTS ON CONSIDERABLE WORK BETWEEN AREA COMMITTEES AND THE EXPLAINED THAT THIS SHOULD NOT CROSS-MEMBERSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO CONDUCIVE TO RESOLVING LOCAL PROBLEMS MORE EFFICIENTLY.
BE
MR WAN CONCLUDED THE SEMINAR BY PRESENTING APPOINTMENT TO SOME 100 AREA COMMITTEES MEMBERS.
WAN THE
BE
LETTERS
OF
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