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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1990

WINNERS OF THE SINGING CONTEST AND THE OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICES AWARDS RECEIVED PRIZES FROM THE TAI ро DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR HO YUNG-SANG, AND THE ACTING DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS MARY CHOW.

THE ΤΑΙ PO DISTRICT CIVIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN STARTED IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR. ACTIVITIES INCLUDED A SINGING CONTEST, AN OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICES AWARD SCHEME AND A SEMINAR,

THE CAMPAIGN WAS ORGANISED BY THE ΤΑΙ PO DISTRICT CIVIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN ORGANISING COMMITTEE ΤΟ ENCOURAGE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.

PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICES POPULAR

OF THE CITY AND

MILLION

THE 68 PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE (PES) CENTRES NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION (CNTA) HANDLED A TOTAL OF 6.78 CASES DURING 1989, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 3.8 PER CENT OVER 1988.

A CNTA SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT THE FIGURE THE POPULARITY OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE PES CENTRES.

SAID

REFLECTED

INCLUDED

SPOKESMAN THE

THE MOST POPULAR SERVICES ADMINISTERING DECLARATIONS AND OATHS, AND ENQUIRIES CONCERNING CIVIL

AND NUMBERS, LOCATIONS

OFFICE SERVICE JOB VACANCIES, THE TELEPHONE HOURS OF GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND DISTRICT LEVEL FUNCTIONS.

DURING THE PERIOD, ABOUT

10.75 MILLION FORMS AND PUBLICITY MATERIALS WERE DISTRIBUTED TO THE PUBLIC.

FORMS AND

FOR CASES ΤΟ

IN ADDITION TO ANSWERING ENQUIRIES AND DISTRIBUTING GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS, THE PES CENTRES ALSO ARRANGED INTERVIEWS THE DISTRICT BOARDS' "MEET-THE-PUBLIC" SCHEME, AND REFERRED THE FREE LEGAL ADVICE SCHEME AND THE RENT OFFICER SCHEME.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID UNDER THE "MEET-THE-PUBLIC" SCHEME, OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO MAKE COMPLAINTS OR SUGGESTIONS MAY

FOR ARRANGE

AN INTERVIEW WITH THE NEAREST PES CENTRE TO BOARD MEMBERS.

MEMBERS APPROACH DISTRICT

RESPECTIVE FOLLOW-UP ACTION.

THEIR COMPLAINTS AND OPINIONS WILL

DISTRICT BOARD

DISTRICT AND

THEN BE REFERRED ΤΟ THE

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

FOR

/THE DECLARATION

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