XN000022-1984-05-06 — Page 5

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SUNDAY, MAY 6, 1984

IMPORTANCE OF RESIDENTS' INVOLVEMENT IN DISTRICT WORK STRESSED

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THE PROMOTION OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION WORK IS A TWO-WAY PROCESS WITH THE GOVERNMENT EDUCATING THE PUBLIC AND THE LATTER TAKING THE INITIATIVE TO PARTICIPATE, THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR KEVIN MAK, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

+ AGREE GOVERNMENT SHOULD STRENGTHEN ITS PUBLICITY TO EDUCATE RESIDENTS ON THE SPIRIT AND FUNCTIONING OF THE DISTRICT BOARDS. BUT RESIDENTS SHOULD ALSO, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, GET THEMSELVES INVOLVED IN DISTRICT WORK+, HE SAID.

MR MAK WAS SPEAKING AT THE SWEARING-IN CEREMONY OF THE SIXTH-TERM OFF ICE-BEARERS OF THE KWUN TONG CHILDREN'S CHORUS.

HE SAID RESIDENTS SHOULD REGISTER THEMSELVES AS VOTERS WHEN THE REGISTRATION EXERCISE BEGINS IN MID-AUGUST AND VOTE IN NEXT YEAR'S BOARD ELECTIONS.

MR MAK ALSO DESCRIBED THE DISTRICT BOARD AS +A BODY THAT BELONGS TO THE PUBLIC+.

+THE PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED BY THE LOCAL RESIDENTS ARE ALSO THE PROBLEMS OF THE DISTRICT BOARD+, HE SAID.

FOR INSTANCE, HE SAID, THE LOCAL DISTRICT BOARD, JUST LIKE MOST PARENTS IN THE DISTRICT, HAD SHOWN GREAT CONCERN TOWARDS THE INADEQUATE SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES IN KWUN TONG.

+A WORKING GROUP WAS THEREFORE SET UP IN APRIL LAST YEAR TO STUDY THE ISSUE AND A REPORT WILL SOON BE SUBMITTED TO THE DISTRICT BOARD+, HE SAID.

ON THE PROBLEM OF YOUTHS, MR MAK SAID IT WAS EVERY LOCAL RESIDENT'S CONCERN.

HE ADDED THAT A WORKING GROUP HAD BEEN SET UP UNDER THE DISTRICT BOARD TO CONDUCT A STUDY AND RECOMMEND MEASURES TO SOLVE IT.

HE ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THE ORGANISERS OF THE KWUN TONG CHILDREN'S CHORUS FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO BUILDING A BALANCED AND HARMONIOUS COMMUNITY IN KWUN TONG.

+THE THEME OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM IS PRECISELY TO PROMOTE THIS SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT+, HE SAID.

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