MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1978
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NEW COMMUNITY ORGANISATION NEEDED TO MEET THE GROWTH
OF SHA TIN NEW TOWN ******
THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR. GERRY HIGGINSON, TODAY (MONDAY) FORECAST THE GROWTH OF A NEW COMMUNITY ORGANISATION STRUCTURE TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TOWN.
HE TOLD A NEW TERRITORIES ROTARY CLUB MEETING THAT THE NEW ORGANISATION WOULD BE NEEDED TO COMPLEMENT EXISTING ORGANISATIONS WHICH WERE ALREADY DOING MUCH VALUABLE AND CONSTRUCTIVE WORK.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE FIRST IMPORTANT AND SUCCESSFUL+ STEP IN THIS DIRECTION HAD ALREADY BEEN TAKEN WITH THE FORMATION OF THE SHA TIN DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD.
+THIS REGIONAL APPROACH HAS MUCH TO COMMEND, BUT IT WILL SHORTLY NEED TO BE COMPLEMENTED BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR, WITH THE ASSISTANCE AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT, ORGANISING ITSELF INTO REPRESENTATIVE GROUPS SO THAT A SOUND FRAME-WORK OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CAN BE BUILT TO BRING TOGETHER IN A DEVELOPING TOWN PEOPLE OF SIMILAR INTEREST, MR. HIGGINSON SAID.
+THE SUCCESS OF THIS FORM OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RELIES ON THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY LEADERS THEMSELVES THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
+1 SEE, THEREFORE, THE NEED IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO FOR THE FORMATION OF VARIOUS SHA TIN COMMUNITY AND LEISURE ORGANISATIONS AND, SUBJECT TO THE ADVICE OF THE DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD, THIS IS HOW WE SHALL PROCEED.+
HE CITED AS EXAMPLES DISTRICT-WIDE SPORTS AND ARTS ASSOCIATIONS REPRESENTING THE VARIOUS INTERESTS OF SUCH ACTIVITIES AND BRING ING THEM UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF A CONTROLLING BODY CO-ORDINATING INDIVIDUAL INTERESTS.
BY DEVELOPING THIS TYPE OF COMMUNITY ORGANISATION FRAMEWORK, HE ADDED, THE VARIOUS REGIONAL ORGANISATIONS WOULD BE SUPPORTED BY ASSOCIATIONS REPRESENTING SMALLER DISTRICTS OR PARTICULAR INTERESTS.
+THE AIM THEREFORE MUST BE TO ASSURE THAT THERE IS AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE COMING TO LIVE IN SHA TIN QUICK AND WELCOME MEMBERSHIP OF AN ORGANISATION, CLUB OR ASSOCIATION IN WHICH THEY HAVE A PARTICULAR INTEREST AND, BY SO DOING, ENABLING THEM TO MEET OTHER PEOPLE WITH SIMILAR INTERESTS.
+ IN THIS WAY, THE INDIVIDUALS COMING INTO THE NEW TOWN CAN ACHIEVE THIS TRANSFORMATION FROM NEWCOMER TO BEING AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY.
+THE GOVERNMENT, FOR ITS PART, WILL DO ALL IT CAN TO ASSIST THIS DEVELOPMENT. BUT ITS SUCCESS HAS TO RELY ON THE DEDICATION, ENTHUSIASM AND PUBLIC SPIRITEDNESS OF THE SHA TIN COMMUNITY.+
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