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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1979

IMPORTANT ROLES OF M.A.C. IN TSUEN WAN STRESSED

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TSUEN WAN TOWN MANAGER, MR. JAMES HAYES, TODAY (SATURDAY) SPOKE OF THE MANY IMPORTANT WAYS IN WHICH MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES CAN CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THE WELL-BEING OF THE TSUEN WAN COMMUNITY.

SPEAKING AT THE LUNAR NEW YEAR SPRING GATHERING OF TSUEN WAN AND KWAI CHUNG DISTRICT MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING, MR. HAYES STRESSED THAT THESE COMMITTEES, IF PROPERLY RUN AND UNDER GOOD LEADERSHIP, WOULD BE AN IMMENSE POTENTIAL ASSET TO TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN.

+THE MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE IS AN IMPORTANT INSTITUTION IN MODERN TSUEN WAN,+ HE SAID.

+THIS APPLIES EQUALLY WHETHER IT IS IN A PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING, A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE, AN INDUSTRIAL BUILDING OR A SQUATTER AREA.+

ALTHOUGH THE PRIMARY REASON FOR THE EXISTENCE OF A MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE IS GOOD MANAGEMENT OF THE BUILDING IT SERVES MR. HAYES POINTED OUT THAT THERE ARE OTHER IMPORTANT WAYS IN WHICH A MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE WELL-BEING OF THE TSUEN WAN COMMUNITY, IN PART AND AS A WHOLE.

IT CAN FORM THE BASIC UNIT OF COMMUNITY ORGANISATION AND ASSIST IN THE CREATION OF A COMMUNITY SPIRIT AND A SENSE OF IDENTITY IN THOSE BUILDINGS WHERE A SPIRIT OF GOODWILL AND MUTUAL CO-OPERATION EXISTS.

+(T CAN LOOK AFTER ITS OLD PEOPLE AND CHILDREN AND FORM TEAMS AND GROUPS OF VARIOUS KINDS FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES AND PARTICIPATION IN THE MANY COMPETITIONS ARRANGED BY LOCAL BODIES.

+ITS OFFICE BEARERS CAN JOIN IN THE CONSULTATIVE AND ADVISORY WORK OF AREA COMMITTEES, MR. HAYES ADDED.

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