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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1985

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VALUE OF CONSULTATION STRESSED

DISTRICT BOARDS

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AREA COMMITTEES AND RESIDENTS' ORGANISATIONS 'FORM AN IMPORTANT THREE-TIER CONSULTATIVE SYSTEM WHICH REFLECT THE VIEWS AND GAUGE THE NEEDS OF DISTRICT RESIDENTS, ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER OF SOUTHERN, MISS ANGELA TSE SAID TODAY.

+RESIDENTS' VIEWS ON COMMUNITY AFFAIRS ARE EFFECTIVELY REFLECTED THROUGH MEMBERS OF AREA COMMITTEES AND RESIDENTS' ORGANISATIONS, AN IN TURN THESE OPINIONS ARE PASSED ONTO THE DISTRICT BOARDS, MISS TSE SAID.

+AT THIS LEVEL, RESIDENTS' VIEWS ON VARIOUS ISSUES OR POLICIES ARE MADE KNOWN TO THE GOVERNMENT.

+DISTRICT BOARDS AND AREA COMMITTEES HAVE A VERY CLOSE WORKING RELATIONSHIP AND VERY OFTEN THEY EXCHANGE MINUTES OF MEETINGS IN ORDER TO COLLATE OP IN LONS AND TO MONITOR. EACH OTHER'S PERFORMANCE.

+ IN TURN, AREA COMMITTEES WORK CLOSELY WITH RESIDENTS' ORGANISATIONS SUCH AS MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND OWNERS' CORPORATIONS.+

SHE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF A SEMINAR ORGANISED BY MEMBERS OF THE TIN WAN-SHEK PAI WAN AREA COMMITTEE, AND ATTENDED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND OWNERS'

CORPORATIONS.

PARTICIPANTS AT THE SEMINAR WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON THE TIN WAN AND SHEK PAI WAN AREAS SUCH AS, TRAFFIC, AND TRANSPORT, MANAGEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS IN SQUATTER, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOUSING, AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

THE TIN WAN-SHEK PAI WAN AREA COMMITTEE HAD BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN DISTRICT AFFAIRS, MISS TSE SAID.

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