XN000022-1978-09-23 — Page 6

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1978

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AITH FURTHER DEVELOPMENT PLANNED FOR SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES, HE SAID, IT HAS BEEN DECIDED TO REORGANISE THE DEPARTMENT AND TO DECENTRÁL ISE ITS SERVICES WITH A VIEW TO ACHIEVING A MORE EFFICIENT DELIVERY AND BETTER CO-ORDINATION OF SERVICES.

+THE KEY TO THIS INCREASED EFFICIENCY IS THE GROUPING OF ALL FRONT-LINE SERVICES WITHIN OUR DISTRICT SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICE, WHEREAS AT PRESENT PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT AT FIRST REALISE HOW THE DEPARTMENT CAN HELP THEM ARE SOMETIMES AT A LOSS AS TO WHICH PARTICULAR SERVICE'S OFFICE TO GO TO.

+CLEARLY THERE IS A LOT OF SCOPE FOR SUCH A RATIONAL REORGANISATION AS THERE ARE AT PRESENT OVER 140 DIFFERENT OFFICES AND FACILITIES SCATTERED ABOUT THE PLACE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID,

IT IS ENVISAGED THAT WITH GREATER AUTONOMY ON REGIONAL LEVELS AND SERVICES BECOMING MORE LOCALITY-ORIENTATED, THE REGIONAL AND DISTRICT TEAMS WILL BE ABLE TO PRESENT A MORE COHESIVE DEPARTMENTAL IDENTITY TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, HE ADDED.

MORE RECREATION AND SPORT FOR TSUEN WAN'S RURAL COMMUNITY

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THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE ARE PLANNING A DISTRICT-WIDE +RURAL REACH-OUT+ PROGRAMME TO PROVIDE CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND FACILITIES FOR ALL RURAL CENTRES OF POPULATION IN TSUEN WAN.

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THE PROJECT TO BE FUNDED BY THE LOCAL DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD WOULD BE ANOTHER MAJOR STEP FORWARD IN AN INTENS IF IED SCHEME TO IMPROVE FACILITIES IN THE DISTRICT'S RURAL AREAS, THE TSUEN WAN TOWN MANAGER, MR. JAMES HAYES SAID TODAY AT THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE FIRST CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL CENTRE ON MA WAN

ISLAND.

MR. HAYES SAID MANY VILLAGE COMMUNITIES HAD LONG HELPED THEMSELVES, BUT IT WAS GENERALLY RECOGNISED THAT THERE WERE INADEQUATE CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN MANY RURAL VILLAGES.

/+MA WAN.....