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IT ALSO INDICATED THAT ADEQUATE KNOWLEDGE OF SEX WAS SELDOM PROVIDED WITHIN THE FAMILY AND THAT THE TRADITIONAL SOCIAL BIAS AGAINST GIRLS STILL SURVIVED TO SOME EXTENT.
MR CHAMBERS PRAISED THE ASSOCIATION FOR ITS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORK OF FAMILY PLANNING AND ITS PROVISION OF VARIOUS SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES.
ITS SLOGAN +TWO IS ENOUGH HAD BECOME A HOUSEHOLD WORD. AND A REMARKABLE FALL IN BOTH THE BIRTH RATE AND AVERAGE FAMILY SIZE HAD TAKEN PLACE, HE SAID.
KWUN TONG BOARD TO EVALUATE WORK
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THE WORK OF THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD AND WORK PLANS FOR EACH OF ITS SIX COMMITTEES WERE BEING EVALUATED, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR KEVIN MAK SAID THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING.
HE SAID THE EVALUATION SHOULD IDENTIFY NOT ONLY ITS ACHIEVEMENTS BUT ALSO AREAS WHERE EFFORTS SHOULD BE STEPPED UP OR A CHANGE IN EMPHASIS WAS NECESSARY.
THE WORK PLANS SHOULD SET THE OBJECTIVES AND GOALS FOR THE BOARD FOR THE REMAINDER OF ITS CURRENT TERM, AND PROVIDE THE YARDSTICK AGAINST WHICH ITS FUTURE PERFORMANCE WILL BE MEASURED.
MR MAK WAS SPEAKING AT A DINNER MEETING OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF KWUN TONG,
THIS WOULD RESULT IN GREATER INVOLVEMENT AND COMMITMENT TO THE WORK OF THE DISTRICT BOARD BY ALL THE MEMBERS, AND PROVIDE FURTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, HE SAID.
MR MAK NOTED THAT THERE WERE INDICATIONS THAT PEOPLE WERE LOOKING MORE AND MORE FOR SUBSTANTIVE IMPROVEMENTS IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT AND THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
+AND TO REFLECT THIS CHANGING PATTERN OF DEMAND, THE DISTRICT BOARD HAD INCREASED ITS ALLOCATION OF FUNDS TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS FROM $250 000 IN 1982-83 TO $600 000 IN 1983-84,+ HE SAID.
+AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THIS EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS. TOO, THE DISTRICT BOARD WILL BE DEALING WITH MORE HARD-CORE COMMUNITY PROBLEMS.+
MR MAK DISCLOSED THAT THE BOARD WOULD SHORTLY BE CONSIDERING WHETHER A WORKING GROUP SHOULD BE SET UP TO LOOK INTO THE YOUTH PROBLEM IN THE DISTRICT AND RECOMMEND SOLUTIONS AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL.
/+THE BOARD
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