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SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1985

RESIDENTS URGED TO EXPRESS VIEWS

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REPRESENTATIVES OF LOCAL RESIDENTS ORGANISATIONS HAVE BEEN URGED TO VOICE THEIR OPINIONS ON LOCAL ISSUES TO THEIR AREA COMMITTEES WHICH WILL IN TURN REFLECT THEM TO THE DISTRICT BOARD.

THE DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR MAYER NG, SAID THE SUCCESS OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION DEPENDED ON RESIDENTS' SUPPORT, AND THEIR COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS WERE IMPORTANT IN HELPING THE GOVERNMENT IMPROVE PEOPLE'S LIVING CONDITIONS.

HIS COMMENTS CAME TONIGHT (SATURDAY) AT A SEMINAR JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE WONG CHUK HANG AND BAYS AREA COMMITTEE FOR ALL RESIDENTS' ORGANISATIONS IN THE AREA.

HE NOTED THAT AS SOME OF THE AREA COMMITTEE'S INCUMBENT UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS. WHO ARE ALSO MEMBERS OF MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, OWNERS CORPORATIONS OR RESIDENTS ASSOCIATIONS, CAN HELP BRING VARIOUS PROBLEMS TO THE ATTENTION OF AREA COMMITTEES.

+THIS IS MOST IMPORTANT BECAUSE PROBLEMS IN THE AREA ARE REGULARLY REFLECTED BY THE AREA COMMITTEE TO THE DISTRICT BOARD AND ITS COMMITTEES, MR NG SAID.

THIS PROCESS PROVIDES A SOLID FOUNDATION IN THE FORMATION OF THE THREE-TIERED INTEGRATED CONSULTATIVE SYSTEM COMPRISING T DISTRICT BOARD, AREA COMMITTEES AND THE RESIDENTS ORGANISATIONS IN THE DISTRICT, HE SAID.

MR NG SAID THE ROLE OF AREA COMMITTEES HAD EXPANDED SINCE THEIR ESTABLISHMENT MORE THAN 10 YEARS AGO, AND THEIR SUGGESTIONS HAD RESULTED IN IMPROVEMENTS TO TRAFFIC, ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES IN THE DISTRICT.

+INITIALLY, AREA COMMITTEES WERE MAINLY INVOLVED IN THE PUBLICITY WORK ON VARIOUS RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND GOVERNMENT CAMPAIGNS, BUT WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DISTRICT BOARDS AND THE ONSET OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION THEIR INTERESTS WERE EXTENDED TO COVER NUMEROUS PROBLEMS AFFECTING THE AREA AND GOVERNMENT POLICIES,+ HE SAID.

HE POINTED OUT THAT IN THE WONG CHUK HANG AND BAYS AREA, FOR EXAMPLE, DISCUSSIONS BY THE DISTRICT BOARD AND AREA COMMITTEE HAD BROUGHT ABOUT THE CONVERSION OF THE TWO-LANE WONG CHUK HANG ROAD INTO A THREE-LANE CARRIAGEWAY WHICH HAD GREATLY IMPROVED TRAFFIC FLOW.

TWO-THIRDS OF THE SQUATTER AREAS IN WONG CHUK HANG AND BAYS AREA HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE DISTRICT BOARD'S COMPREHENSIVE SQUATTER AREA IMPROVEMENT SCHEME, UNDER WHICH FUNDS WILL BE ALLOCATED TO INSTAL STREET LIGHTS, METERED WATER SUPPLY AND TO RESURFACE FOOTPATHS.

/THE WONG