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SUNDAY, APRIL 22, 1990

AREA COMMITTEES SIGNIFICANT IN COMMUNITY BUILDING

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SIGNIFICANT THE AREA COMMITTEES (AC) IN MONG KOK HAVE PLAYED A ROLE IN COMMUNITY BUILDING IN THE DISTRICT, MONG KOK DISTRICT OFFICER, MRS LORNA MA, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

SPEAKING AT AN

ORIENTATION

SEMINAR

THE

FOR AC MEMBERS OF THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR, MRS MA SAID MEMBERS HAD BEEN DEDICATED TO DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISTRICT.

HAD

SHE NOTED THAT MOST OF DISTRICT FOR A LONG TIME AND THEMSELVES.

THE AC MEMBERS HAD LIVED IN THE

MADE LIFE-LONG

AMONG FRIENDSHIPS

"MANY OF YOU HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN ORGANISING ACTIVITIES FOR MONG KOK RESIDENTS AND WORKED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE DISTRICT.

"I AM SURE MEMBERS OF THIS YEAR WILL MAINTAIN THE SAME

LINK MAGNANIMOUS ATTITUDE AND REMAIN A

BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, SHE SAID.

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OF

MRS MA PRAISED MEMBERS' WORK IN REFLECTING VIEWS OF MEMBERS THE PUBLIC ON GOVERNMENT'S WORK AND POLICIES IN THE DISTRICT.

"AREA COMMITTEES INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL WALKS OF

ENSURING THAT LIFE AND PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN

LOCAL PEOPLE HAVE AN THE DISTRICT, SHE EFFECTIVE VOICE, IN THE WORK OF THE GOVERNMENT IN SAID.

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SEMINAR WAS A

ORGANISED BY THE MONG KOK DISTRICT OFFICE, THE GATHERING FOR ALL OLD AND NEW MEMBERS TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE.

THERE WAS A VIDEO SHOW AND GROUP DISCUSSIONS, AND WAS THE FA YUEN STREET URBAN COUNCIL COMPLEX.

RESIDENTS URGED TO MAINTAIN BETTER ENVIRONMENT

HELD AT

WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR PETER MANN, TODAY (SUNDAY) URGED RESIDENTS TO DO THEIR BEST TO MAINTAIN A BETTER ENVIRONMENT.

SPEAKING AT A TREE PLANTING CEREMONY ORGANISED

IN SUPPORT OF THE "EARTH DAY", MR MANN SAID HONG KONG WAS FACING SERIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS DUE ΤΟ THE TERRITORY'S RAPID RCONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

HE WARNED THAT THESE PROBLEMS WHICH INCLUDED NOISE, WATER AND AIR POLLUTION WOULD BRING ABOUT SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES IF THEY REMAINED

UNSOLVED.

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