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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1983

MR AKERS-JONES SAID THAT THE COMMITTEES +WERE, AND ARE, A MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENT IN THE CONTINUING CAMPAIGN AGAINST CRIME AND IN SUSTAINING THE EFFORT TO KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN.+

+1 CAN SAY, WITH CONFIDENCE, THAT WITHOUT THEM LIFE TODAY WOULD BE INTOLERABLE FOR A LARGE PROPORTION OF OUR PEOPLE. THEY WORK WITHIN THEIR BUILDINGS AND THEIR WORK IS LARGELY UNSEEN BY PASSERS-BY; BUT THEIR WORK IS VITAL TO THE MATERIAL WELL-BEING OF OUR SOCIETY AND, FOR THE WORK THEY DO, THE MEMBERS OF THESE COMMITTEES DESERVE THE GRATEFUL THANKS OF US ALL, HE POINTED OUT.

MACS, HE ADDED, HAD ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORTED CAMPAIGNS DIRECTED AT OTHER TARGETS ANTI-NARCOTICS, ROAD SAFETY AND FIRE PREVENTION AND SO ON.

MR AKERS-JONES SAID THAT MACS, BEING HONG KONG'S BASIC COMMUNITY ORGANISATION, PROVIDED MEANS OF COMMUNICATION WITH THE PEOPLE IN THE DENSELY POPULATED CITY AND, THROUGH THEIR WORK WITHIN BUILDINGS, STRANGERS BECOME NEIGHBOURS AND FRIENDS.

THEIR IMPORTANCE, HE ADDED, HAD GROWN BEYOND THE CONFINES OF THEIR BUILDINGS: THEY FORGED LINKS WITH AREA COMMITTEES, DISTRICT BOARDS AND DISTRICT OFFICES; THEY HAD PLAYED AN ACTIVE AND ENTHUSIASTIC PART IN DEVELOPING DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AND, THEY WERE HELPING TO ORGANISE RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND OTHER PROJECTS AND FUNCTIONS.

SUPPLY FOR NEW CAR NUMBER PLATES

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THREE MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS HAD SO FAR BEEN AUTHORISED TO SUPPLY THE NEW REFLEX-REFLECTING CAR NUMBER PLATES, AND MORE APPLICATIONS WERE EXPECTED, THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON ALAN SCOTT, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.

MR SCOTT WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE MON S.L. CHEN ON THE SUBJECT.

THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT WOULD APPROVE ANY APPLICATION PROVIDED THAT ALL COMPONENTS OF THE PLATES MET THE LAITISH STANDARD BS AU 145(A), HE SAID.

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