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TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1983
MEET-THE-PUBLIC SCHEME POPULAR
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THE DISTRICT BOARD MEET-THE-PUBLIC SCHEME PROVIDES AN INFORMAL, EASY, BUT DIRECT ACCESS FOR PEOPLE TO THEIR BOARD MEMBERS, THE DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR ALBERT LAM, SAID TODAY.
+IT ALSO SERVES AS AN ADDITIONAL CHANNEL FOR THE AIRING OF GRIEVANCES AND FOR THE REMEDYING OF MALADMINISTRATION, HE SAID.
MR LAM WAS SPEAKING ON THE DISTRICT BOARD MEET-THE-PUBLIC SCHEME AT A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE CITY LIONS CLUB.
THE SCHEME, HE STRESSED, ENABLED DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS TO UNDERSTAND BETTER THE PROBLEMS OF PEOPLE AND TO OBTAIN THEIR VIEWS ON GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND MEASURES.
+APART FROM PERSONAL CONTACTS THROUGH WORK AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS ARE ABLE TO WIDEN THEIR CONTACTS WITH LOCAL RESIDENTS, TO IDENTIFY MORE LOCAL PROBLEMS, AS WELL AS TO GAIN MORE INSIGHT INTO THE NEEDS AND ASPIRATIONS OF THE POPULATION IN THE DISTRICT, HE ADDED.
IN THE PAST 20 MONTHS, 2 500 PEOPLE LIVING IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF HONG KONG, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES HAVE TALKED TO THE IR DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS IN MEET-THE-PUBLIC SESSIONS.
+THE SCHEME IS POPULAR AND WELL SUPPORTED, AND HAS PROVED TO BE A GREAT SUCCESS, HE SAID.
+WITH MORE PUBLICITY, I AM SURE THE SCHEME WILL PLAY AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT PART IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CLOSER TIES BETWEEN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND PEOPLE OF THEIR DISTRICT.
+AS THE SCHEME GETS BETTER KNOWN, WE EXPECT MORE PEOPLE WILL MAKE USE OF IT, AND THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION PROPOSES TO CONDUCT A REVIEW OF IT IN ABOUT A YEAR'S TIME TO SEE WHAT FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE MADE, MR LAM ADDED.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE FIRST MEET-THE-PUBLIC SCHEME LAUNCHED BY THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARD IN NOVEMBER 1981, PROVED POPULAR FROM THE OUTSET.
SIMILAR SCHEMES WERE LAUNCHED BY KWUN TONG AND TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARDS IN FEBRUARY 1982,
BY THE END OF 1982, NINE DISTRICT BOARDS HAD INTRODUCED THE SCHEME. UP TO THE END OF JUNE THIS YEAR, EIGHT MORE DISTRICT BOARDS HAD LAUNCHED THE SCHEME, MAKING A TOTAL OF 17.
+AS FOR THE REMAINING ISLANDS DISTRICT, PLANS ARE IN HAND TO LAUNCH THE SCHEME IN CHEUNG CHAU THIS MONTH, MR LAM SAID.
/UNDER: THE
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