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* operating district offices, public enquiry service centres and community
facilities, and co-ordinating emergency relief services.
Mr Wong added: "Although these responsibilities are not new, they continue to be of great significance to the stability and well-being of our community.
"As a department which is rooted in the community, we care about the aspirations and concerns of the general public and help to resolve their day-to-day problems.
"We will continue to provide, through our 18 District Offices and their Public Enquiry Service Centres, a level of service which lives up to the expectations of the community throughout the whole range of activities which we undertake.
"The basic duties and level of responsibilities of the District Officers will remain the same as at present.
"They will continue to exercise a high degree of autonomy in managing their district offices and dealing with district affairs," he affirmed.
end/Thursday, December 1, 1994
Bill to localise UK laws embodying anti-terrorism conventions
The Governor in Council has endorsed proposed legislation to localise UK laws applied to Hong Kong implementing two international anti-terrorism conventions, a Government spokesman said today (Thursday).
The Internationally Protected Persons and Taking of Hostages Bill 1994 will enable Hong Kong to continue to implement the two conventions after July 1, 1997.
These two international conventions are the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents, and the International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages.