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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1985

IMPORTANCE OF RESIDENTS' VIEWS STRESSED

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COMMUNICATION BETWEEN AREA COMMITTEES AND RESIDENT BODIES SHOULD BE STRENGTHENED SO THAT RESIDENTS' VIEWS CAN BE PROMPTLY REFLECTED TO THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE AUTHORITIES CONCERNED, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR EDDY CHAN, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

HE WAS ELABORATING ON THE CONSULTATIVE FUNCTION OF THE THREE-TIER STRUCTURE OF THE DISTRICT BOARD, AREA COMMITTEES, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND RESIDENT BODIES IN THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM DURING A JOINT SEMINAR FOR RESIDENT BODIES IN THE POKFULAM CONSTITUENCY.

MR CHAN SAID CLOSE TIES BETWEEN AREA COMMITTEES AND RESIDENT BODIES WOULD ENABLE AREA COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND RESIDENTS' VIEWS AND DISTRICT AFFAIRS SO THAT THEY COULD MAKE PRAGMATIC PROPOSALS TO THE AUTHORITIES ON ISSUES OF LOCAL INTERESTS.

+THESE VIEWS ARE VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO PUSH FORWARD PLANS THAT WILL BEST SUIT RESIDENTS' NEEDS,+ HE SAID.

+THE POKFULAM AREA COMMITTEE, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS GIVEN VALUABLE VIEWS CONCERNING THE USE OF A BUS-ONLY LANE TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC ALONG POKFULAM ROAD AND ON VARIOUS MINOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS IN SQUATTER AREAS, HE ADDED.

REPRESENTATIVES FROM MORE THAN 20 MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES OWNERS CORPORATIONS AND RESIDENT ASSOCIATIONS ATTENDED TODAY'S SEMINAR WHICH WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE POKFULAM AREA COMMITTEE.

SIMILAR SEMINARS WILL BE HELD IN THE TIN WAN AND SHEK PAI WAN CONSTITUENCY, THE STANLEY AND SHEK O CONSTITUENCY, AND THE ABERDEEN AND AP LEI CHAU CONSTITUENCY BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.

FORUMS FOR LEGCO CANDIDATES

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FORUMS WILL BE HELD FOR LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTION CANDIDATES OF ELECTORAL COLLEGES TO PRESENT THEIR PLATFORMS OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.

FIVE OF THE TEN CONSTITUENCIES IN THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTORAL COLLEGE HAVE HELD FORUMS RECENTLY TO INTRODUCE THE IR CANDIDATES TO ELECTORS AND THE PUBLIC.

THE THREE CANDIDATES IN THE HONG KONG ISLAND (WEST) CONSTITUENCY WILL HOLD TWO FORUMS THIS WEEK. THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT FORUM WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY (SEPTEMBER 12) AT 8 PM IN CULTURAL ACTIVITIES HALL OF THE ABERDEEN CULTURAL CENTRE, FIFTH FLOOR, ABERDEEN MARKET COMPLEX, 205 ABERDEEN MAIN ROAD.

/THE CENTRAL