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Wednesday, August 8, 1973
EXPATRIATES URGED TO PARTICIPATE MORE IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
The Secretary for Home Affairs, Mr. Jack Cater, today called on
expatriates living in Hong Kong to become more involved in community affairs.
A number of expatriates, including Americans, were already serving
on mutual aid committees, "but I should like to see a great many more
people who by helping themselves in this way would also be helping the
community and the government, 11 he said.
Addressing members of the American Chamber of Commerce at a luncheon
meeting, Ir. Cater said the people of Hong Kong were rapidly gaining "a new
awareness of how things were done locally.
We are beginning to take a critical look at the machinery of our
administration, scrutinising its methods, questioning its objectives, and
pronouncing judgment."
There were signs too that the public was once again beginning to
act and react as a community outside emergency situations, he added.
lir. Cater emphasised that the term 'community' meant everyone living
in Hong Kong, including citizens from the United States.
He said that considering their long association with Hong Kong, he
found the actual physical presence of American expatriates "surprisingly
low-key."
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