MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1989
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NEW MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR TAKES UP OFFICE
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MRS AGNES ALLCOCK, A FORMER PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY WITH THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, HAS TAKEN UP THE POST OF MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR OF THE MUSIC OFFICE WITH EFFECT FROM TODAY
(MONDAY).
MRS ALLCOCK WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OVERALL MANAGEMENT
TO POLICY AND OPERATIONAL MATTERS PERTAINING
THE MUSIC WELL AS THE PROMOTION OF INTEREST IN MUSIC AMONG THE KONG.
OF
OFFICE,
IN PUBLIC
AS
HONG
THE AGED 36, MRS ALLCOCK JOINED
AFTER GRADUATING INSPECTOR IN 1974. UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE DEPARTMENTS AND BRANCHES.
IN 1980,
AND
CIVIL SERVICE AS A POLICE FROM THE LAW SCHOOL OF THE
то SHE WAS TRANSFERRED
THE HAS SINCE WORKED IN A NUMBER
OF
FOR
HER PREVIOUS POSTINGS INCLUDED SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT. ASSISTANT SECRETARY
TRANSPORT, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY SECURITY (NARCOTICS).
FOR
MEASURES TO STRENGTHEN LIAISON WITH RESIDENTS' BODIES
THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICE AND DISTRICT BOARD HAVE INTRODUCED A SERIES OF MEASURES TO STEP UP LIAISON WITH MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND OWNERS' CORPORATIONS TO ENCOURAGE MORE PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY
MR OFFICER,
GARY YEUNG, AFFAIRS, THE EASTERN DISTRICT (MONDAY).
SAID TODAY
MR YEUNG WAS SPEAKING AT A DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SEMINAR ORGANISED FOR MEMBERS OF AREA COMMITTEES, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND OWNERS' CORPORATIONS IN SHAU KEI WAN AND QUARRY BAY.
A TOTAL OF 637 MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND OWNERS' REPRESENTING A WIDE CROSS-SECTION OF THE POPULATION, HAD THROUGHOUT EASTERN DISTRICT, HE NOTED.
LOCAL
CORPORATIONS,
BEEN FORMED
MR YEUNG SAID THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD HAD SET ASIDE $300,000 IN THE YEAR 1989-90 FOR
ORGANISATIONS TO ORGANISE COMMUNITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES.
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TO ENCOURAGE MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND OWNERS' CORPORATIONS
THEIR MEMBERS, THE ORGANISE MORE RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR
BOARD HAD RECENTLY MADE AMENDMENTS TO THE FUND-VETTING GUIDELINES, HE SAID.
/REGARDING BUILDING