XN000022-1983-03-14 — Page 4

MONDAY, MARCH 14, 1983

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'COMMUNITY SPIRIT' IN TSUEN WAN INCREASING

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THE WHOLE WATERFRONT AREA OF CENTRAL TSUEN WAN WILL IN A FEW YEARS BE GREATLY CHANGED FOR THE BETTER, THE OUT-GOING TSUEN WAN DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, MR HAMISH MACLEOD, SAID TONIGHT (MONDAY).

AT A DINNER PARTY GIVEN BY THE TSUEN WAN COMMUNITY TO BID HIM FAREWELL AND TO WELCOME THE NEW DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, MR ADOLF HSU, MR MACLEOD SAID TSUEN WAN SUFFERED FROM BEING AN +OLD+ NEW TOWN, WITH ITS EARLY GROWTH BEING BEFORE TOWN PLANNING STANDARDS HELPED TO ENSURE A REASONABLE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES.

+PARTLY FOR THIS REASON, PERHAPS, THE 'MANAGEMENT OF THE TOWN STILL NEEDS IMPROVEMENT: SHORTAGE OF SPACE MAKES THE JOB OF THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS WHICH MANAGE TSUEN WAN SUCH AS THE POLICE AND THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT - MUCH MORE DIFFICULT, + HE SAID.

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ON THE OTHER HAND, HOWEVER, HE POINTED OUT THAT PAST ENCOURAGEMENT OF ACTIVITIES AND ORGANISATIONS WHICH INCREASED +COMMUNITY SPIRIT HAD ALREADY BORNE FRUIT.

→THE WORK OF THE DISTRICT BOARD IN SPORT, RECREATION AND CULTURE IS WELL-KNOWN. ALSO OF GREAT IMPORTANCE ARE THE MANY ASSOCIATIONS AND MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES WHICH DRAW PEOPLE TOGETHER IN VARIOUS WAYS,+ MR MACLEOD CONTINUED,

+NOR SHOULD WE FORGET THAT PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES AT SOME SPEED, TRANSFORMING SOME OLD FACTORY AREAS INTO MODERN PRIVATE COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL AREAS, AND IN OTHER PARTS OF THE DISTRICT TRANSFORMING BARREN HILLSIDES INTO PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES.*

HE ADDED THAT IT WAS FOR THIS REASON THAT DURING HIS STAY IN TSUEN WAN. HE HAD ENCOURAGED THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE TO GIVE MORE EMPHASIS ON MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS.

+WE HAVE ALSO BEGUN TO INVOLVE BOTH THE BOARD AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE MUCH MORE IN COMMENTING ON PLANNING MATTERS. NOR HAVE WE FORGOTTEN THE INTERESTS OF THE VILLAGERS WHO HAVE BEEN SO IMPORTANT TO THIS DISTRICT IN THE PAST, AND WHO ALSO STILL HAVE AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY, HE SAID.

THE INCOMING DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, MR ADOLF HSU, SAID DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND OTHER DISTRICT AFFAIRS IN TSUEN WAN SUCH AS THE DISTRICT BOARD, THE SPORTS FESTIVAL AND THE ARTS FESTIVAL WERE NOW ALL ON THE TRACK.

+ALL THESE ACHIEVEMENTS ARE THE RESULT OF. APART FROM THE EFFORTS OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED, VIEWS AND SUPPORT AND DIRECT PARTICIPATION OF LOCAL LEADERS, MR KSU SAID.

+ I HOPE YOU WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE ME AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE YOUR VALUABLE SUPPORT AND 123ISTANCE AS YOU HAVE BEEN GIVING.+

ABOUT 1 000 GUESTS, INCLUDING SOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND LOCAL LEADERS, ATTENDED THE PARTY.