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FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1986

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FROM MONDAY, THE KWAI CHUNG SUB-DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS OF THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE WILL BE KNOWN AS KWAI TSING DISTRICT OFFICE, SERVING KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI.

ITS ADDRESS WILL BE THE KWAI HING GOVERNMENT OFFICES BUILDING, 10TH FLOOR, 166-174 HING FONG ROAD, KWAI CHUNG, NEW TERRITORIES (TEL: 0-212855).

THE KWAI TSING DISTRICT OFFICER IS MR BRIAN COAK.

THE TSUEN WAN SUB-DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS WILL BECOME THE NEW TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE. ITS ADDRESS WILL REMAIN THE TSUEN WAN STATION MULTI-STOREY CARPARK BUILDING, FIRST FLOOR, 174-208 CASTLE PEAK ROAD, TSUEN WAN, NEW TERRITORIES (TEL.: 0-425096).

THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICER IS MR ANGUS MIU.

AS THE TWO DISTRICTS WILL BECOME INDEPENDENT, THE POST OF THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONER WILL LAPSE ON THE SAME DAY,

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MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE ROLE EMPHASISED

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THE DISTRICT OFFICE ATTACHED GREAT IMPORTANCE TO THE ROLE OF MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES WHICH SERVED AS A VITAL LINK BETWEEN THE OFFICE AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES, ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, NORTH, MR PETER TAM, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

MR TAM, WHO HAS BEGUN A SIX MONTH VISITING PROGRAMME TOGETHER WITH DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS. TOLD OFFICE-BEARERS OF CHOI YUEN ESTATE AND CHOI PO COURT MAC'S LAST NIGHT THAT THEY WERE THE BRIDGETOWER IN THE GOVERNMENT CONSULTATIVE MACHINERY.

+SINCE YOU ARE IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH RESIDENTS IN YOUR BUILDING, YOU ARE WELL PLACED IN DIASEMINATING INFORMATION OF PUBLIC INTEREST AS WELL AS PROVIDING AN IMPORTANT SOURCE FOR TAPPING PUBLIC VIEWS NOT ONLY ON LOCAL ISSUES BUT ALSO ON GOVERNMENT POLICIES, HE SAID.

MR TAM SAID THAT MOST OF THE MAC'S IN THE DISTRICT WERE FUNCTIONING INDEPENDENTLY AND HAD DONE WELL IN IMPROVING THE SECURITY, CLEANLINESS AND MAINTENANCE OF THEIR BUILDINGS.

APART FROM FOSTERING A SENSE OF NEIGHBOURLINESS, MEMBERS HAD ALSO TAKEN AN ACTIVE PART IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AS WELL AS IN MAJOR CAMPAIGNS AND FUNCTIONS LAUNCHED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, HE SAID.

TO FURTHER PROMOTE THE SENSE OF CIVIC AWARENESS AMONG MEMBERS, A SERIES OF TALKS AND SEMINARS ON DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION HAD BEEN ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND AN EFFECTIVE SYSTEM OF COMMUNICATION HAD ALSO BEEN MAINTAINED THROUGH REGULAR VISITS BY ITS LIAISON OFFICERS, MR TAM ADDED.

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