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SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 1985

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REPORT ON SOUTHERN DISTRICT PUBLISHED

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A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ON THE CHARACTERISTICS, DEVELOPMENT AND AVAILABILITY OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES AND OTHER FACILITIES IN SOUTHERN DISTRICT HAS BEEN PUBLISHED BY THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.

THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT ANATOMY REPORT PROVIDES DETAILED INFORMATION AND STATISTICS ON THE WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES AND FACILITIES IN THE DISTRICT.

COMPILED THROUGH THE JOINT EFFORTS OF VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND PUBLISHED WITH FUNDS FROM THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD, THE REPORT ALSO LOOKS AT VARIOUS PROBLEMS IN THE DISTRICT AND GOVERNMENT'S PLANS TO TACKLE THEM IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND ON A LONG-TERM BASIS.

THERE ARE 17 CHAPTERS COVERING VARIOUS ASPECTS OF DEVELOPMENT, THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND, AND AN INTRODUCTION TO THE DISTRICT BOARD AND ITS BOUNDARIES.

OTHER TOPICS INCLUDE HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, SOCIAL SERVICES, MEDICAL AND HEALTH, RECREATION AND SPORTS, TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT, PUBLIC SERVICES, HAWKERS AND MARKETS, LAW AND ORDER, AND THE WORK OF THE ICAC.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DMC, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR EDDY CHAN, SAID SINCE ITS FIRST PUBLICATION IN 1982, THE REPORT HAD PROVIDED USEFUL BACKGROUND INFORMATION TO THE DISTRICT BOARD AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS IN HELPING TO FORMULATE PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.

+ IT WAS DECIDED THAT THE REPORT SHOULD BE UPDATED EVERY THREE YEARS TO COINCIDE WITH THE TERM OF OFFICE OF THE BOARD, SO THAT IT WOULD HELP NEW MEMBERS OBTAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF LOCAL AFFAIRS, HE SAID.

A TOTAL OF 2 000 COPIES - 800 IN ENGLISH AND 1 200 IN CHINESE - WERE PRINTED AND WOULD BE DISTRIBUTED TO DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS, AREA COMMITTEES, GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, SCHOOLS, VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS.

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