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TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1984

DB RECOMMENDS PRIORITY FACILITIES

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MEMBERS OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT BOARD HAVE DISCUSSED AND DRAWN UP PRIORITIES FOR A PROGRAMME TO PROVIDE VARIOUS PUBLIC FACILITIES IN THE DISTRICT OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS OF PRIORITIES COME UNDER THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: COMMUNITY BUILDING, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT, HOUSING, RECREATION, SPORTS AND CULTURE, SOCIAL SERVICES, TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT AND URBAN COUNCIL FACILITIES.

THE MAIN POINTS OF THEIR PROPOSALS HAVE NOW BEEN SUMMARISED IN A FIVE-PAGE PAPER ENTITLED +CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT STRATEGY+.

THE PUBLIC CAN OBTAIN COPIES OF THE PAPER, IN ENGLISH OR CHINESE, FREE OF CHARGE BY TELEPHONING THE DISTRICT BOARD SECRETARY AT 5-450868.

EARLIER, GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS MAKING UP THE DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE HAD COMPILED A 94-PAGE DOCUMENT CALLED +OUTLINE OF EXISTING AND PLANNED ACTIVITIES/PROJECTS IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN+.

THE DOCUMENT, WHICH GIVES THE OBJECTIVES OF EXISTING MAJOR GOVERNMENT PROGRAMMES AND PRESENTS THE SHORT AND LONG TERM PROVISIONS OF VARIOUS FACILITIES IN THE DISTRICT, HAD BEEN CIRCULATED TO UNOFFICIAL BOARD MEMBERS FOR COMMENTS.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT WAS TO ENABLE THE DISTRICT BOARD TO MONITOR AND ASSESS THE PRESENT LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE, IDENTIFY SHORTFALLS, AND ADVISE ON THE PRIORITIES OF GOVERNMENT PROGRAMMES AS WELL AS TO PROPOSE IMPROVEMENTS IN SPECIFIC AREAS.

UNOFFICIAL BOARD MEMBERS HELD A SPECIAL MEETING LAST MONTH TO DISCUSS THE DOCUMENT AND RECOMMENDED PRIORITIES ACCORDINGLY.

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