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SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1989

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REGIONAL SECRETARY MEETS MAC REPRESENTATIVES

MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES (MAC's) ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SCHEME, PROVIDING SUPPORT OVER THE YEARS TO NUMEROUS COMMUNITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES.

A CASE IN POINT WAS HELPING TO PROVIDE A PLEASANT LIVING ENVIRONMENT AT SO UK ESTATE IN SHAM SHUI PO, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR DAVID LAN, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) FOLLOWING A VISIT TO MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AT THE ESTATE.

"THE ENVIRONMENT AT SO UK ESTATE IS COMPARABLE WITH THOSE AT PRIVATE HOUSING ESTATES, AND THIS IS OBVIOUSLY THE RESULT OF THE JOINT EFFORTS BY THE MAC's AT THE ESTATE TO IMPROVE THE LIFE-STYLE OF RESIDENTS," HE NOTED.

THE VISIT WAS THE FIRST OF A SERIES AIMED AT FORGING CLOSER LIAISON WITH MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES IN THE HONG KONG AND KOWLOON REGION.

HE WAS MET BY THE ACTING SHAM MRS JENNIE CHOK; THE CHAIRMAN OF THE LEI COMMITTEE, MR CHAN CHEE-SING, AND A NUMBER REPRESENTATIVES.

SHUI РО DISTRICT CHENG UK AND 30 UK AREA OF MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE

OFFICER,

MR LAN TOURED SO UK ESTATE TO SEE EXISTING FACILITIES RECENTLY-COMPLETED IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

AND THE

COMMITTEES ESTATE, AT

LATER HE ATTENDED A JOINT MEETING OF THE MUTUAL AID OF WILLOW HOUSE, PEONY HOUSE AND LARKSPUR HOUSE OF SO UK WHICH MAC MEMBERS DISCUSSED THE PROVISION OF PARKING SPACES AND IMPROVEMENT WORKS AT THE ESTATE.

ALL THREE MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES HAVE PROVIDED VARIOUS SERVICES TO RESIDENTS SINCE THEIR FORMATION OVER 10 YEARS AGO.

HE LAN SAID THAT MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES WERE ONE OF THE CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL RESIDENTS.

HE PRAISED THE THREE MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN HELPING TO BUILD UP A SENSE OF GOOD NEIGHBOURLINESS AND IN ORGANISING VARIOUS CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR RESIDENTS.

"THE GOVERNMENT IS AWARE OF THE CONTRIBUTION OF COMMITTEES, AND WILL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ENABLE THEM TO EFFECTIVELY AS POSSIBLE, MR LAN SAID.

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