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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1987
MORE SUPPORT FOR GRASSROOTS ORGANISATIONS URGED
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GRASI
YOTS
LICH
MORE ATTENTION AND CARE MUST BE ACCORDED TO ORGANISATIONS IF THEY ARE TO BECOME THE FOUNDATION STONE UPON DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION IS TO BE BUILT, DR THE HON RICHARD LAI SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE ADJOURNMENT DEBATE ON AREA COMMITTEES, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND OWNERS CORPORATIONS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, DR LAI SAID THIS COULD BE DONE IN A NUMBER OF WAYS.
FINANCIALLY, HE SAID, MORE RESOURCES SHOULD BE ALLOCATED ΤΟ THE MACS TO MAKE THE JOB OF RUNNING LESS PAINFUL.
"MORE ATTENTION MUST BE PAID TO THE SUGGESTIONS MADE BY THESE ORGANISATIONS. THEY MUST BE MADE TO FEEL THAT THEY ARE RESPECTED AND THAT THEY ARE MORE THAN JUST SOMETHING TO BE USED TO CARRYING OUT OR PROMOTING CERTAIN GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES.
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DR LAI ALSO SAID THAT MORE MONITORING AND IMPROVEMENT IN THE LIAISON PROCESS MUST BE CARRIED OUT "IF WE ARE COMMITTED ΤΟ MAKING THEM AN EFFECTIVE CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATION AND BASE FOR GRASSROOTS ORGANISATION”.
"WITHOUT ACTIVE ENCOURAGEMENT FROM THE GOVERNMENT, THEY CAN NEVER BECOME THE GRASSROOTS SOCIAL AND POLITICAL FIBRE WHICH THEY ARE DESIGNED TO BE," HE ADDED.
AND
DR LAI RECALLED THAT THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE OF SETTING UP MACS OCS WAS FOR THE PROMOTION OF VARIOUS GOVERNMENT SPONSORED COMMUNITY PROJECTS TO IMPROVE THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL.
AGAINST
THEY PERFORMED AN INVALUABLE FUNCTION IN CAMPAIGNS CRIME, KEEPING HONG KONG CLEAN, AND PROMOTING NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH PROGRAMMES.
THE LEADERS OF THESE ORGANISATIONS WERE ALSO SUPPOSED ΤΟ PROVIDE A POOL OF POTENTIAL GOVERNMENT APPOINTEES TO VARIOUS LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT.
HOWEVER, HE SAID THINGS DID NOT TURN OUT THE WAY THEY HAD BEEN
ENVISAGED.
"FIRST OF ALL, THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE RESOURCES FOR THESE GRASSROOTS ORGANISATIONS TO GROW INTO THEIR OWN.
"IN TERMS OF LEADERSHIP, THE GOVERNMENT PROVIDES VERY LITTLE TRAINING TO THE ORGANISERS, SO THEY ARE HANDICAPPED FROM THE WORD GO.
"THERE IS LITTLE FOLLOW-UP ASSISTANCE THE MACS OR OCS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED.
EXTENDED TO THEM ONCE
THE OPERATION
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