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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1982
MR MACPHERSON SAID AMID SUCH RAPID PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT AND SHARP INCREASE OF POPULATION, IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT EVERY EFFORT BE MADE TO ENSURE THAT NEWLY-ARRIVED RESIDENTS WOULD ADJUST TO A NEW ENVIRONMENT AND INTEGRATE WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AS EASILY AND CONVENIENTLY AS POSSIBLE.
+THE OPENING OF THIS OFFICE WILL, I BELIEVE, CERTAINLY BE OF GREAT ASSISTANCE IN THIS PROCESS, HE SAID.
IT WOULD PROVIDE THE BEST BASE FOR THE DISTRICT OFFICE TO REMAIN CLOSE TO THE NEWCOMERS, TO LEARN OF THEIR NEEDS AND WISHES, AND TO BUILD UP GOOD RAPPORT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PEOPLE.
THE RAPID PACE OF INTAKE OF RESIDENTS AT A RATE OF 200 TO 300 PER DAY ALSO CALLED FOR TIMELY PROVISION OF VARIOUS SERVICES. IN PARTICULAR SCHOOLS, KINDERGARTENS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, FOR A YOUNG POPULATION MOST OF WHOM WERE YOUNG FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN.
+ AM GLAD TO LEARN THAT THROUGH THE CO-ORDINATION OF THE DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE ACTING ON THE SOUND ADVICE OF THE DISTRICT BOARD ALL THESE FACILITIES ARE BEING STEADILY AND RAPIDLY PROVIDED TO MATCH THE INTAKE OF RESIDENTS, HE SAID.
FOR A NEW COMMUNITY LIKE TUEN MUN, RESIDENTS' PARTICIPATION AND INVOLVEMENT WAS INDISPENSABLE IN BUILDING UP A HAPPY, COHESIVE AND HARMONIOUS COMMUNITY.
MR MACPHERSON SAID HE WAS SURE THAT THE SETTING UP OF THE FIRST CABO WOULD USHER IN A NEW ERA IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN THIS FAST EXPANDING TOWNSHIP.
THE OFFICE, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF TING LUNG HOUSE IN ON TING ESTATE, WILL OPEN FROM 8.45 AM TO 5.15 PM ON WEEK-DAYS AND FROM 9 AM TO 12 NOON ON SATURDAYS.
RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO GO THERE TO MAKE STATUTORY DECLARATIONS, FILE COMPLAINTS, GET ANSWERS TO GENERAL ENQUIRIES AND OBTAIN GOVERNMENT PAMPHLETS AND FORMS.
ALSO ATTENDING TODAY'S OPENING WAS THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR BILLY LAM, WHO REVEALED THAT TWO OTHER CABOS WERE PLANNED FOR THE DISTRICT, ONE AT TAI HING ESTATE AND THE OTHER AT BUTTERFLY ESTATE.
THE FIRST CABO IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WAS OPENED AT MUI WO LAST SEPTEMBER.
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