XN000022-1982-10-08 — Page 11

SLOZER É, 1982

MR HOLMES ALSO PRESENTED COMMENDATION PENNANTS TO SIX OUTSTANDING FIRE WATCH TEAMS FOR THE IR GOOD WORK IN COMBATING FIRES LAST YEAR.

THE CEREMONY WAS ATTENDED BY MORE THAN 400 REPRESENTATIVES OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, DISTRICT BOARDS AND THE EXISTING AS WELL AS THE NEW FIRE WATCH TEAMS,

DISTRICT OFFICE TO SOLVE KWAI CHUNG PROBLEMS

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PROBLEMS RELATING TO TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT, CRIME, INADEQUATE COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND SERVICES IN KWAI CHUNG ARE SOME OF THE ISSUES THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE IS TRYING TO SOLVE, THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, MR HAMISH MACLEOD, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

+WE ARE ALSO CONSIDERING AN INITIATIVE IN THE AREA OF REDUCING FIRE HAZARDS, SAID MR MACLEOD AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE LADY MACLEHOSE CENTRE IN KWAI CHUNG.

ON THE PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENT OF THE AREA AROUND THE CENTRE, HE CITED THE FOLLOWING:

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THE WIDENING OF CHEUNG WING ROAD (TO BE COMPLETED BY NEXT FEBRUARY);

* NEW FOOTBRIDGES TO BE READY BY OCTOBER 1983;

* A NEW SECONDARY SCHOOL IN LEK MUK SHUE (TO BE READY

BY 1983/84);

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THE SHEK YAM ROAD MARKET AND A LIBRARY (TO BE READY BY 1983/84); AND

* THE CONSTRUCTION NOW UNDERWAY OF AN INDOOR GAMES HALL AND A SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX ABOVE SHEK YAM ESTATE.

ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, MR MACLEOD SAID THERE ARE SIX OFFICES IN KWAI CHUNG, ONE FOR EACH OF THE DISTRICT BOARD CONSTITUENCIES.

THE IR FUNCTIONS ARE TO ENCOURAGE THE FORMATION OF LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, SUCH AS MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS, AND TO KEEP IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH THEM.

+ IT IS IN WAYS SUCH AS THIS THAT GOVERNMENT DOES GENUINELY

TRY TO AVOID BEING TOO REMOTE, HE SAID.

HE SAID THROUGH SUCH SET-UPS AS AREA COMMITTEES, DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF GATHER VIEWS OF THE PEOPLE ON A RANGE OF ISSUES AND CONVEY THEM TO THE GOVERNMENT,