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MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1981

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TUEN MUN MAC MEMBERS URGED TO HELP WITH PUBLICITY

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MEMBERS OF MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES IN TUEN MUN WERE TODAY (MONDAY) URGED TO HELP PUBLICISE THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SCHEME AT GRASS-ROOTS LEVEL.

MAKING THE APPEAL WAS THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS SARAH WU, WHO WAS SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURATION FOR A FIFTH TERM OF OFFICIALS OF THE MAC IN BLOCK 3 OF SAN FAT ESTATE.

MISS WU SAID BESIDES ORGANISING RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR NEIGHBOURS AND TAKING PART IN MANAGEMENT OF BUILDINGS MAC'S COULD PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS,

SHE SAID MORE CHANNELS WOULD BE OPENED UP WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AND THAT REGISTRATION OF VOTERS FOR THIS WOULD TAKE PLACE IN AUGUST AND THE FIRST ELECTIONS HELD NEXT MARCH.

+ HOPE MAC MEMBERS WILL ACTIVELY TAKE PART IN THE REGISTRATION AND THE ELECTIONS AND ENCOURAGE THE IR NEIGHBOURS TO DO SO,+ MISS WU SAID.

THE SAN FAT ESTATE BLOCK 3 MAC, THE FIRST TO BE SET UP IN A TUEN MUN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE, WAS FORMED IN 1977 WITH ASSISTANCE OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE.

OVER THE YEARS IT HAS ORGANISED OUTINGS, SEMINARS, FUNFAIRS, AND ALSO TAKEN PART IN THE FIGHT CRIME AND CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGNS.

IT HAS NINE MEMBERS, WITH MR LEUNG FOOK-CHEUNG AS CHAIRMAN. THERE ARE AT PRESENT 44 MACS IN TUEN MUN, OF WHICH 14 ARE IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES.

ALSO PRESENT AT TODAY'S CEREMONY WAS HEUNG YEE KUK CHAIRMAN, MR LAU WONG-FAT.

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