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WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1990

ON THE OTHER HAND, HE ADDED, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES HAD BECOME AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION BECAUSE THEIR OBJECTIVES, COMPOSITION AND OPERATIONS WERE CAPABLE OF MEETING THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS, AND WINNING PUBLIC RECOGNITION AND SUPPORT.

"THEREFORE, THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES SHOULD TIE IN WITH COMMUNITY NEEDS AND DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION. PARTICULARLY IN THE NEW TOWNS, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES WILL BE THE GRASS-ROOT ORGANISATIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS COMING FROM DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS TO STICK TOGETHER, TO BE CONCERNED WITH COMMUNITY MATTERS AND TO BUILD UP THEIR COMMUNITIES,' HE NOTED.

IN LINE WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS CONTAINED IN THE 1987 REPORT ON REVIEW OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR WONG CONTINUED, GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WOULD ASSIST AND SUPPORT MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AS FAR AS POSSIBLE FOR THE SMOOTH IMPLEMENTATION OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION.

THE DISTRICT OFFICES, APART FROM SETTING UP NEW MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, WOULD STRENGTHEN LIAISON WITH, AND ASSISTANCE FOR, EXISTING COMMITTEES.

"THE GOVERNMENT'S FUTURE POLICY ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THESE GRASS-ROOT ORGANISATIONS WITH SUPPORT, ASSISTANCE AND MORE RESOURCES SO THAT THEY WILL MAKE MORE CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS COMMUNITY-BUILDING, MR WONG NOTED.

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SPEAKING ON MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES' CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR WONG SAID MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES CULTIVATED A CIVIC SENSE AMONG RESIDENTS AND GROOMED THEM TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.

AT PRESENT, ABOUT 1,000 MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE MEMBERS WERE ALSO SERVING ON VARIOUS AREA COMMITTEES, AND IN THE 1985 AND 1988 DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS, ABOUT 40 PER CENT OF THE DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WERE AREA OR MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

THE SHA TIN

MEDICAL SERVICES ON DB AGENDA

DISTRICT

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BOARD

WILL

DISCUSS

THE

PROVISION

OF

MEDICAL SERVICES AT MA ON SHAN AT ITS MEETING ON FRIDAY (MAY 25).

MEMBERS WILL ASK ABOUT THE FOR CONVERTING DOUBLE-SEATED CONSTITUENCIES IN THE 1991 DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS.

GOVERNMENT'S

INTO

RATIONALE SINGLE-SEATED ONES

/OTHER AGENDA