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Tuesday, October 23, 1973

Mr. Cater went on to thank Kaifong members for their enthusiastic

and active support of the Clean Hong Kong and Fight Violent Crime campaigns

particularly for the leading role they had played in arousing "community

involvement" through the establishment of a network of City District and

Area Committees.

The work of these Area Committees, he said, was very much in the

spirit of good neighbourliness that had inspired the birth of the Kaifong

movement, and "without the vital contribution of many of your leaders and

members, the campaigns would not have succeeded as they have done."

He referred to the Kaifong movement as an excellent example of how

a traditional form of social organisation could be reorganised and revitalised

to meet the needs of a very different society, and felt sure that their

close links with the government would continue and strengthen in future.

Note to Editors:

Copies of the full text of Mr. Cater's speech

are distributed separately in the GIS press boxes.

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