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香港政府

GIS 新聞處

DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1976

MORE PUBLIC ENQUIRY CENTRES FOR TSUEN WAN

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THE GOVERNMENT IS TO SET UP FOUR MORE PUBLIC ENQUIRY CENTRES IN TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN.

THIS WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY BY TSUEN WAN'S ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER (URBAN), MISS ALICE SIU, WHEN SHE OFFICIALLY OPENED THE TAI WO HAU FRIENDLY FESTIVAL.

THE FESTIVAL, WHICH HAS BEEN JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE TSUEN WAN TOWN MANAGEMENT OFFICE AND LOCAL RESIDENTS' ORGANISATIONS, WILL RUN THROUGH TO THE END OF DECEMBER.

IT IS AIMED AT PROMOTING CIVIC PRIDE AND A SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY FRIENDSHIP AMONG THE 45,000 PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE AREA, AS WELL AS GIVING THEM A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORK OF THE GOVERNMENT IN THE DISTRICT.

MISS SIU SAID THAT THE TOWN MANAGEMENT OFFICE PLACED GREAT EMPHASIS ON PROPER COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE LOCAL RESIDENTS.

NOTING THAT THE DISTRICT WOULD SOON BE GETTING TWO CITY DISTRICT OFFICES - THE FIRST IN THE NEW TERRITORIES -- SHE SAID THAT THE PRESENT NUMBER OF THREE PUBLIC ENQUIRY CENTRES WOULD RISE TO SEVEN BEFORE THE END OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR.

+WE PROPOSE ESTABLISHING ANOTHER PUBLIC ENQUIRY CENTRE IN TSUEN WAN TOWN, SETTING UP ONE ON TSING YI ISLAND AND PROVIDING TWO MORE FOR KWAI CHUNG, SHE SAID.

+THIS MEANS THAT EVENTUALLY THERE WILL BE FOUR PUBLIC ENQUIRY CENTRES IN KWAI CHUNG, THREE IN TSUEN WAN AND ONE ON TSING YI.+

MISS SIU APPEALED TO LOCAL RESIDENTS FOR +MUTUAL TRUST AND UNDERSTANDING WITH THE GOVERNMENT.

SHE ADDED: IT IS ONLY THROUGH CONSTANT CONTACT AND UNPREJUDICED DISCUSSION THAT PROBLEMS CAN BE RESOLVED. PUBLIC FEELING ON VARIOUS SOCIAL ISSUES GUAGED AND FEEDBACK PROVIDED TO THOSE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED IN POLICY MAKING.

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