XN000022-1983-12-24 — Page 2

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1983

'MEET THE PUBLIC SCHEME WELL RECEIVED

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THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARD'S +MEET THE PUBLIC SCHEME HAS PROVED A SUCCESS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE BOARD SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

+THE UNOFFICIAL BOARD MEMBERS HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN THE SCHEME AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO HELP PEOPLE WITH PROBLEMS, HE SAID.

+THEY MEET THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ONCE A WEEK IN THE EVENING. HOWEVER, SOME ENTHUSIASTIC UNOFFICIALS ARE ALSO MEETING PEOPLE IN THE MORNING FROM MODAY TO SATURDAY.+

HE POINTED OUT THAT MORE THAN 200 CASES WERE RECEIVED SINCE THE SCHEME WAS LAUNCHED A YEAR AGO AND THAT MORE THAN 90 PER CENT OF THEM WERE QUICKLY DEALT WITH.

STATISTICS SHOWED THAT ABOUT ONE THIRD OF THE TOTAL CASES RECEIVED CONCERNED LAND MATTERS AND CLEARANCES. THE OTHERS WERE MATTERS RELATING TO TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT, COMMUNITY SERVICES, HOUSING AND HAWKER PROBLEMS.

+ALL CASES RECEIVED BY THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE REFERRED TO APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS FOR ACTION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

+AND THE RESPONSE FROM CONCERNED DEPARTMENTS TOWARDS THE REFERRALS HAS BEEN VERY SATISFACTORY. OF THE 94 CASES RECEIVED

IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS, ONLY 15 ARE STILL OUTSTANDING+.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO MEET THE BOARD MEMBERS CAN TELEPHONE THE DISTRICT BOARD SECRETARIAT AT 0-792261 EXTENSION 145 FOR APPOINTMENTS.

TWO LITTER WARDENS COMMENDED FOR WORK

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TWO SUPERVISORS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT WERE TODAY COMMENDED BY THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR JOHN HEYWOOD, FOR THEIR WORK IN HELPING KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN.

RECEIVING THE DIRECTOR'S COMMENDATIONS FROM MR HEYWOOD AT A BRIEF CEREMONY AT THE NTSD HEADQUARTERS TODAY WERE FOREMAN LI KWONG-KAN AND GANGER LAU CHUN-LOI, BOTH OF THE TSUEN WAN URBAN SERVICES OFFICE.

MR LI WAS COMMENDED FOR BRINGING 199 LITTERBUGS TO COURT FOR DISCARDING LITTER AND RUBBISH IN THE NEW TERRITORIES - THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF PROSECUTIONS BROUGHT BY A LITTER OFFICER OF THE NTSD IN THE SIX MONTHS UP TO OCTOBER.

MR LAU EARNED HIS AWARD FOR ACTING AGAINST A LITTER OFFENDER WHO WAS LATER TO PAY THE HIGHEST FINE IMPOSED BY A COURT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

/ON AUGUST