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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1980

FIRST ASIAN AND PACIFIC CONFERENCE

OF CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATORS ENDS ON FRIDAY

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CONFERENZ2 OF 25HREATIONS AT THE FIRST ASIAN AND PACIFIC

ADMINISTRATORS WILL HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE ON FRIDAY (FEBRUARY 29) AT THE END OF THE FIVE-DAY CONFERENCE.

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE PRESS CONFERENCE WHICH WILL BE HELD IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS ON THE 10TH FLOOR OF GUARDIAN HOUSE, 32 01 KWAN ROAD, WAN CHAI AT 11 AM ON FRIDAY.

TELEVISION CREWS ARE ADVISED TO ARRIVE EARLY SO THAT THEY WILL HAVE AMPLE TIME TO SET UP THEIR EQUIPMENT.

TOWN MANAGER SPEAKS ABOUT COMMUNITY BUILDING IN TSUEN WAN

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TSUEN WAN TOWN MANAGER AND DISTRICT OFFICER, MR JAMES HAYES, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) PRAISED THE COMMUNITY BUILDING WORK DONE BY RURAL COMMITTEES WITHIN TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN.

ADDRESSING THE TSUEN WAN, TSING Y! AND MA WAN RURAL COMMITTEES' JOINT DINNER, MR HAYES SAID THE TSUEN WAN RURAL COMMITTEE HAS LONG LED THE WAY IN COMMUNITY BUILDING WORK- IF I MAY SAY SO, TO AN EXCEPTIONAL DEGREE.

+1 AM GLAD TO SEE THAT THE TSING YI RURAL COMMITTEE AND OTHER LOCAL BODIES ON THE ISLAND ARE NOW FOLLOWING SUIT IN THE NEW COMMUNITY. THEY HAVE GOT IN ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, SO TO SPEAK, WHICH IS VERY PRAISEWORTHY.

+THE MA WAN RURAL COMMITTEE DOES ITS BEST IN ALL FIELDS FOR THE COMMUNITY IT SERVES,

MR HAYES SAID HE SPECIALLY APPRECIATED THE WORK OF THE RURAL COMMITTEES AND VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVES IN FACILITATING NECESSARILY INTENSIVE AND WIDESPREAD DEVELOPMENT AND ENSURING RAPID SOCIAL CHANGE.

+YOU ARE, AND HAVE LONG BEEN ON THE RECEIVING END OF DEVELOPMENT AND IT HAS ALWAYS MEANT A LOT OF TROUBLE AND INCONVENIENCE FOR YOU.

+WE MUST ALWAYS BEAR THIS IN MIND AND GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE FOR CONTINUED FOREBEARANCE AND CO-OPERATION. +

/MR HAYES