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MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1992

DISCUSSION ON CRIMES IN EAST KWAI CHUNG

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THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONER OF TSUEN WAN, MR HAMISH MACLEOD, EXPRESSED HIS CONCERN TODAY (MONDAY) OVER CRIME PROBLEMS IN EAST KWAI CHUNG WHEN HE ATTENDED THE BI-MONTHLY AREA COMMITTEE MEETING.

HE CALLED FOR BETTER INTEGRATION OF TSUEN WAN'S 10 AREA COMMITTEES INTO THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM SO THAT MATTERS RELATING TO THE ORDINARY CITIZENS COULD BE EFFECTIVELY REFLECTED TO THE DISTRICT BOARD.

THROUGH THE AREA COMMITTEES, WHOSE MEMBERSHIP COMPRISES OFFICIALS AND UNOFFICIALS, MR MACLEOD HOPED TO COLLECT THE VIEWS AND CONCERNS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL AND, IF NECESSARY, CHANNEL THEM TO THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT FOR ACTION.

+AREA COMMITTEES ARE ALREADY QUITE EFFECTIVE IN DEALING WITH PARTICULAR LOCAL PROBLEMS - FOR EXAMPLE, THE NEED TO REMOVE A CERTAIN ROOFTOP STRUCTURE WHICH IS A FIRE HAZARD BUT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GENERAL ISE FROM SUCH CASES WHERE THEY ARE SYMPTOMS OF SOME MORE GENERAL PROBLEM, AND TO DISCUSS THIS IN THE DISTRICT BOARD, HE SAID.

ATTENDING THE MEETING FOR THE FIRST TIME, MR MACLEOD SAID THAT IN GENERAL TSUEN WAN AND KWAI CHUNG HAD QUITE A GOOD RECORD, WITH LOWER CRIME RATES THAN AVERAGE.

HOWEVER, HE ADDED THERE SEEMED TO BE PARTICULAR AREAS WHERE A MORE SERIOUS PROBLEM EXISTED, AND WHERE THE

STATISTICS MIGHT NOT TELL THE WHOLE STORY.

+ AM ANXIOUS TO HEAR RESIDENTS' VIEWS AND SEE HOW MATTERS

CAN BE IMPROVED, HE SAID.

AT TODAY'S MEETING, COMMITTEE MEMBERS DISCUSSED THE AREA'S CRIME SITUATION WITH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.

TOWN PLANNER TO ATTEND PARIS SYMPOSIUM

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THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT TOWN PLANNER, MR CHAU CHAM-SON, OF THE LANDS DEPARTMENT, WILL LEAVE FOR PARIS TONIGHT TO ATTEND A SYMPOSIUM ON TOWN PLANNING AND URBAN ENGINEERING AT THE INVITATION OF THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT.

THE 10-DAY FRANCO-ASIAN SYMPOSIUM ON TOWN PLANNING AND URBAN ENGINEERING IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION INSTITUTE AND THE COOPERATION AND PLANNING AGENCY.

IT WILL START ON WEDNESDAY AND END ON OCTOBER 15.

THE AIM IS TO ENABLE PARTICIPANTS TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON THE ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCIAL ORGANISATION OF LARGE TOWNS AS WELL AS ON TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF TOWN PLANNING.

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