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SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1986

15 IS FACILITATED BY THE FACT THAT MANY AREA COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE THEMSELVES MEMBERS OF RESIDENT ORGANISATIONS OR

INDEED THE DISTRICT BOARD ITSELF,+ KE SAID,

ACCORDING TO THE CIVIC EDUCATION STRATEGY 1986-87 RECENTLY ENDORSED BY THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD'S COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE, A CIVIC EDUCATION TEAM WOULD BE FORMED UNDER EACH OF THE DISTRICT'S SIX AREA COMMITTEES TO CARRY OUT BASIC CIVIC EDUCATION ON THE GROUND.

MR LORD POINTED OUT THAT AP LEI CHAU WOULD BE A FOCUS OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE COMING YEARS WITH THE COMPLETION OF LEI TUNG ESTATE, WHICH WOULD EVENTUALLY ACCOMMODATE MORE THAN 36 000 PEOPLE, AND RECLAMATION ALONG THE NORTHERN SHORE OF THE ISLAND.

+ THE ABERDEEN AND AP LEI CHAU AREA COMMITTEE WILL INEVITABLY BE CLOSELY INVOLVED IN THESE EVENTS PARTICULARLY AS REGARDS THE VITAL JOB OF COMMUNITY BUILDING AMONG THE RESIDENTS OF LE I TUNG, WITH THEIR DIVERSE BACKGROUND, HE SAID.

MORE THAN 70 REPRESENTATIVES FROM MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES OWNERS CORPORATIONS AND RESIDENT ASSOCIATIONS IN ABERDEEN AND AP LEI CHAU ATTENDED TODAY'S SEMINAR TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON DISTRICT AFFAIRS.

THEY DISCUSSED MATTERS CONCERNING THE AREA'S ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT, TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT AND COMMUNITY BUILDING. TOPICS RAISED ALSO INCLUDED HAWKER PROBLEMS, LAW AND ORDER, BUS SERVICES, ROAD SAFETY AND CIVIC EDUCATION.

THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE WILL ORGANISE SIMILAR SEMINARS WITH OTHER AREA COMMITTEES IN THE DISTRICT LATER IN THE YEAR.

QUARTERLY TRANSPORT COMPLAINTS UP 31 PER CENT

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COMPLAINTS ABOUT TRANSPORT MATTERS LODGED WITH THE TRANSPORT COMPLAINTS UNIT IN THE PERIOD AFRIL TO JUNE 1986 ROSE BY 31 PER CENT, COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, ACCORDING TO THE UNIT'S QUARTERLY REPORT RELEASED TODAY (SATURDAY).

A TOTAL OF 1 734 COMPLAINTS WERE RECEIVED IN THE PERIOD WHILE 1 328 WERE REGISTERED IN THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR. THE LATEST FIGURE ALSO REPRESENTED AN INCREASE OVER THE 1 423 RECORDED IN THE QUARTER STARTING JANUARY 1986.

THE UPWARD TREND WAS MAINLY DUE TO MORE COMPLAINTS ABOUT PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES, ROAD TRAFFIC CONDITIONS, ROAD MAINTENANCE AND TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE TRANSPORT COMPLAINTS UNIT, MR MOHAMMED RUMJAHN SAID.

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