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FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1978

FOU WAH OFFICE OF TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE OPENED

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ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S MAJOR TASKS IN TSUEN WAN IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS IS TO ENSURE THE SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY AND THE NORTH TSUEN WAN DEVELOPMENT, THE TSUEN WAN TOWN MANAGER, MR. JAMES HAYES, SAID TODAY.

SPEAKING AT THE OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE'S NEW FOU WAH OFFICE, MR. HAYES ADDED THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S AIM WAS TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAMME WITH THE MINIMUM TROUBLE AND DIFFICULTY DESPITE THE CONVULSION THE PROGRAMME REPRESENTS TO MORE THAN 20,000 PERSONS IN THE TOWN.

IN THE LONG TERM, HE SAID, THE GOVERNMENT WILL TAKE A DETAILED LOOK AT TOWN MANAGEMENT AND ESTABLISH IT ON SOUND LINES.

+WE HAVE, TOO, THE BENEFIT OF CITIZEN'S ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE THROUGH AREA COMMITTEES AND A SOLID NETWORK OF LOCAL SOCIETIES, SPEARHEADED BY THE DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD, + HE SAID.

MR. HAYES POINTED OUT THAT ONE OF THE MOST ATTRACTIVE FEATURES OF OFFICIAL LIFE IN TSUEN WAN WAS THE CO-OPERATION RECEIVED FROM MANY QUARTERS, FROM GOVERNMENT COLLEAGUES, LOCAL LEADERS AND THE POPULATION AT LARGE.

+MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IS NECESSARY IN TSUEN WAN, AS ELSEWHERE IN MODERN HONG KONG, BUT IT IS LARGELY DEPENDENT UPON ACHIEVING A SATISFACTORY RAPPORT BETWEEN THE PARTIES CONCERNED.

+THIS MUST ALWAYS BE OUR AIM, + HE SAID.

HE ADDED THAT, THERE WAS BASICALLY A HEALTHY SENSIBLE ATTITUDE IN TSUEN WAN BETWEEN OFFICIALS AND THE PEOPLE.

MR. HAYES SAID IT MAY BE DISRUPTED OCCASIONALLY WHERE THERE ARE SITUATIONS TO BE EXPLAINED AND OVERCOME, AND THERE ARE STILL PARTS OF THE TOWN AREAS WHERE WE DO NOT YET HAVE SUFFICIENT CONTACT AND RAPPORT.

+BUT IN GENERAL, GIVEN EFFECTIVE CONTACT, THE REQUISITE EFFORT ON THE GOVERNMENT SIDE, AND COMMON WILL TO DISCUSS AND AGREE, MOST PROBLEMS CAN BE SOLVED.+

THE FOU WAH OFFICE LOCATED ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF FOU WAH CENTRE, 210 CASTLE PEAK ROAD HOUSES THE DISTRICT OFFICE HEADQUARTERS AND STAFF OF ITS MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY DIVISION.

IN ADDITION, THE DISTRICT OFFICE HAS TWO TOWN MANAGEMENT OFFICES AND SIX PUBLIC ENQUIRIES CENTRES IN TSUEN WAN, KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI.

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