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CLOSER LINKS WITH DISTRICT BOARDS URGED

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KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN

MR WONG SIK-KONG TODAY

(SUNDAY) URGED RESIDENTS TO USE THE MEET-THE-PUBLIC SCHEME TO DISCUSS THE IR PROBLEMS WITH BOARD MEMBERS.

DESCRIBING THE SCHEME AS AN EFFECTIVE MEANS TO STRENGTHEN THE LINK BETWEEN THE DISTRICT BOARD, LOCAL RESIDENTS AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, MR WONG SAID: +IT HELPS BOARD MEMBERS TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROBLEMS IN THEIR CONSTITUENCIES, AND PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO MAKE THEIR VIEWS KNOWN.+

HE SAID THAT THE SCHEME, INITIATED IN JANUARY 1983, HAS BEEN WELL RECEIVED.

+OF THE 107 CASES HANDLED IN 51 SESSIONS LAST YEAR, A LARGE PROPORTION WERE DEALT WITH SATISFACTORILY, HE SAID.

THE MAJORITY OF CASES DEALT WITH HOUSING, WHICH FOCUSED ON APPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC HOUSING.

+THERE WAS ALSO A COMPARATIVELY LARGE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, HE SAID.

HE REMINDED THE PUBLIC THAT THE MEET-THE-PUBLIC SESSIONS WOULD CONTINUE TO BE HELD EVERY THURSDAYS FROM 8 PM TO 10 PM IN THE MAIN OFFICE OF THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT OFFICE, WHERE TWO DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WOULD BE ON DUTY.

PEOPLE WISHING TO AIR THEIR GRIEVANCES OR SEEK ADVICE SHOULD BOOK THE IR APPOINTMENT BY PHONING 3-7110171 EXTENSION 52.

SEARCH GOES ON DAILY FOR PLANT SPECIES

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EVERY DAY, RAIN OR SHINE TWO PERSONS TREK THE COUNTRYSIDE IN SEARCH OF PLANT SPECIES, OR TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS OF PLANTS FLOWERING IN THEIR HABITATS.

OR THEY MAY COLLECT THE PLANT SPECIMENS OR SEEDS ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE RARE, TO BE DRIED AND PRESERVED AS SPECIMENS.

THEY ARE PLANT COLLECTORS FROM THE HONG KONG HERBARIUM, WHICH HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE SINCE 1878, UNDERTAKING THE JOB OF COLLECTING, CLASSIFYING AND MAINTAINING PRESERVED PLANT SPECIMENS REPRESENTATIVE OF HONG KONG FLORA.

THERE ARE