XN000022-1981-11-30 — Page 4

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1981

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COMMUNITY BUILDING WORK IN NEW TOWNS

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THE NEW TOWNS ARE NOT MERELY A COLLECTION OF HOUSING ESTATES, BUT » HUMAN SOCIETY ENJOYING THE BETTER LIFE, SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICER, DR PATRICK HASE, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

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DR HASE, WHO WAS SPEAKING TO THE ROTARY CLUB OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, SA UNLESS THE COMMUNITY OF THE NEW TOWN WAS REAL AND DEEPROOTED, OBVIOUS PROBLEMS WOULD OCCUR.

+WHERE FAMILIES FEEL NO NEIGHBOURLY SPIRIT TOWARDS THOSE WHO LIVE NEAR THEM, THEN ANTI-SOCIAL AND UN-NE IGHBOURLY ACTS WILL ABOUND, HE SAID.

+WHERE THERE IS NO SENSE OF BELONGING, RESIDENTS WILL ALWAYS LOOK OUTSIDE THE TOWN FOR ALL THE IR IMPORTANT NEEDS.

+WHERE THERE IS NO NETWORK OF SOCIAL CONTACTS, INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TEND TO FEEL ROOTLESS AND EXPOSED PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS AND CRIMINAL ACTS ARISE.

+FINALLY, WHERE THERE IS NO LIVELY LOCAL CULTURAL RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS STRUCTURE, RESIDENTS WILL LOOK OUTSIDE THE TOWN FOR THE IR PERSONAL AMUSEMENTS, LEISURE ACTIVITIES AND SPIRITUAL LIFE.

+SUCH A SITUATION WOULD BE A DISASTER: SUCH A TOWN WOULD BE DEAD, NO MATTER HOW WELL PLANNED ITS PHYSICAL STRUCTURE.

+ IN THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION ALL OUR WORK IS AIMED AT BUILDING IN THE NEW TOWNS A VIABLE AND VITAL COMMUNITY, HAPPY AND CONTENDED, LIVING A GOOD LIFE AMONG WELL PLANNED AND ATTRACTIVE SURROUNDINGS,+ DR HASE SAID.

UNFORTUNATELY, BUILDING SUCH A COMMUNITY WAS NOT SOMETHING WE COULD DO, NO MATTER HOW DETERMINED WE WERE, BY OUR OWN UNA IDED EFFORTS.

HE ALSO SAID THAT THE SHA TIN ARTS FORTNIGHT+ WHICH OPENS ON DECEMBER 13, WOULD BE EXTENDED TO NEARLY THREE WEEKS BECAUSE MORE EVENTS WOULD BE PUT ON THAN ORIGINALLY PLANNED.

TICD CHIEF OFF TO HIGH-LEVEL TALKS

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MR BILL DORWARD, DIRECTOR OF TRADE INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS, LEFT FOR EUROPE ON SATURDAY (NOVEMBER 28) FOR HIGH-LEVEL DISSCUSSIONS ON CURRENT TRADE ISSUES, INCLUDING THE NEGOTIATIONS ON THE RENEWAL OF THE MULTI-FIRBE ARRANGEMENT. HE IS EXPECTED TO RETURN TO HONG KONG LATER THIS WEEK.

MR PETER K.Y. TSAO, COMMISSIONER OF INDUSTRY

COMMISSIONER OF INDUSTRY, WILL SERVE A ACTING DIRECTOR OF TRADE INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS, A SPOKESMAN FOR DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.

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