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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1987

THEY HAD ALSO BEEN EFFECTIVE IN REFLECTING RESIDENTS' VIEWS CURRENT AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT POLICIES, HE ADDED.

ON

MR LIAO NOTED THAT ALTHOUGH THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF DISTRICT

IN CERTAIN BOARDS AND AREA COMMITTEES WERE SIMILAR

AREAS,

THE TWO COMPLEMENTED RATHER THAN DUPLICATED THE WORK OF EACH OTHER.

85 IN THE WHOLE, RURAL

THERE ARE 110 AREA COMMITTEES IN THE TERRITORY URBAN DISTRICTS AND 25 IN FIVE NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICTS. AS A SOME OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE AREA COMMITTEES ARE CARRIED OUT BY COMMITTEES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND OWNERS INCORPORATIONS WERE BUILDING

HAD NOT BASED RESIDENTS' ORGANISATIONS, AND DURING THEIR GROWTH THEY LOST SIGHT OF THEIR OBJECTIVES OF BUILDING MANAGEMENT, SECURITY

IN CLEANLINESS

THEIR OWN BUILDINGS, AND PROMOTING A NEIGHBOURLINESS AND MUTUAL HELP AMONG RESIDENTS, MR LIAO SAID.

SENSE

AND

OF

4,268 MACS AND 2,988 OWNERS

WERE AT THE END OF MAY, THERE INCORPORATIONS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.

INACTIVE BECAUSE

BE REGRETTABLY, SOME 750 MACS WERE FOUND TO OF THE LACK OF PRESSING ISSUES OR PROBLEMS TO SUSTAIN THEIR INTEREST.

"OTHERS HAVE FOUND THAT THERE IS LITTLE SCOPE FOR MEANINGFUL ACTIVITIES BECAUSE OF THE SMALL NUMBER OF UNITS AND RESIDENTS INVOLVED, MOST OF WHICH ARE FOUND IN OLD PRIVATE TENEMENT BUILDINGS.

"STILL OTHERS HAVE LOST THE IMPETUS BECAUSE OF THE ABSENCE OF AND THE SHORTAGE NEW TALENT WILLING TO TAKE OVER AS OFFICE-BEARERS,

IN THE DISTRICT OF LIAISON STAFF

OFFICES MAY ALSO HAVE BEEN A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR, SAID MR LIAO.

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HE POINTED OUT THAT THE RECENT REVIEW OF DISTRICT

BODIES OF THESE ADMINISTRATION SCHEME HAD REAFFIRMED THE VALUE

A GOOD TRAINING GROUND FOR LEADERS

THAT

PROVIDED THEY GRASSROOTS LEVEL.

AND

AT THE

PROVIDING BETTER TO

SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE REVIEW CALLED FOR

OFFICE TO MORE STAFF SUPPORT IN THE LIAISON WORK OF DISTRICT SERVE SUCH BODIES AND ALSO TO GIVE ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE ACS AND MACS.

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MR LIAO SAID THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WOULD BE ASKED THE CREATION OF NEW POSTS TO IMPROVE SERVICES TO LOCAL BODIES.

CONSIDER

/HE SAID