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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1983

MAC MEMBERS PRAISED FOR COMMUNITY WORK

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MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE MEMBERS IN TSZ WAN SHAN WERE TODAY (SUNDAY) PRAISED FOR THEIR ENTHUSIASM AND SUSTAINED EFFORTS IN PROMOTING COMMUNITY WORK DURING THE PAST 10 YEARS,

+THROUGH THEIR EFFORTS, CONSIDERABLE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AREA OF ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANLINESS, BUILDING MANAGEMENT, AND LAW AND ORDER HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED,+ THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER OF WONG TAI SIN, MR STEPHEN FISHER, SAID.

MR FISHER WAS SPEAKING AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF A TWO-WEEK +TSZ WAN SHAN MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE EXTRAVAGANZA+ ORGANISED TO PUBLICISE THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEES.

HE NOTED THAT THERE WERE ONLY 19 MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES IN TSZ WAN SHAN 10 YEARS AGO, BUT THE NUMBER HAD RISEN TO 60.

MEMBERS HAVE INVOLVED THEMSELVES IN MANY COMMUNITY

PROJECTS, HE SAID.

+FOR INSTANCE, IN RESPONSE TO THE FIGHT CRIME CALL, MOST OF THE COMMITTEES HAVE FORMED THEIR OWN PATROL TEAMS, AND THROUGH THE IR CLOSE CO-OPERATION WITH THE POLICE, THE CRIME RATE HAS. DROPPED CONSIDERABLY.

+COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THE KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN BY ORGANISING FREQUENT CLEAN-UP EXERCISES IN BUILDINGS, AND FORMING WORKING TEAMS TO PUT ACROSS THE MESSAGE OF CLEANLINESS FROM HOUSEHOLD TO HOUSEHOLD,

HE SAID.

MR FISHER ADDED THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SCHEME HAD BROUGHT FORTH A NEW JOB FOR THE MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, THAT IS, TO HELP BUILD UP A SENSE OF BELONGING AMONG THE RESIDENTS.

+ALONG THIS LINE, THE TSZ WAN SHAN MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES HAVE ORGANISED MANY ACTIVITIES FOR RESIDENTS WITH THE LOCAL DISTRICT BOARD, AND PRESSED FOR MANY MUCH-NEEDED RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL FACILITIES FOR RESIDENTS WITH THE BOARD'S ASSISTANCE.+

THE +EXTRAVAGANZA+ PROGRAMME WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE AREA COMMITTEE IN TSZ WAN SHAN, THE DISTRICT BOARD, THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE NEW KOWLOON WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION.

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