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Wednesday, October 17, 1973

entail the implementation of policies in the light of our resources of

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finance, manpover and land, and the monitoring of their effectiveness.

To do all this, we shall need to train and develop the expertise

of our own staff in the techniques of modern corporate management and

do so as quickly as possible. To assist in this we have secured the

services, on secondment, of two of the staff of the Greater London

Council experienced in these techniques.

All these endeavours, which are now in hand, should facilitate

the effective realisation of the far-reaching plane of which I have

spoken today. But, just as important, they should facilitate and expedite

the more mundane work of the Government.

ག་སནྡྷནཀྱི་ཇརིག་ཐར

With these major basic programmes and administrative reforms in

hand, I believe the time has come to give an additional thrust in two main areas:

the first is recreation, leisure and sport; and the second is that broad

complex of inter-related problems which might be described under the heading of

traffic and transport, land policy and pollution.

Recreation, leisure and sport

With rising standards of living, and time available to be spent on

more than just a struggle for existence, facilities for recreation, leisure

and sport have taken on a new and ur, ent significance. They are no longer

luxuries but essential parts of our social infrastructure which, I suggest

to you, we would noglect at our peril. I am conscious of the excellent work

already being done by a wide variety of organisations, both Government,

Government-aided and privately financed. But the machinery for a co-

ordinated drive has hitherto been lacking.

We will