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MONDAY, JULY 16, 1990

THE IN

BEING

MEANTIME, A SERIES OF IMPROVEMENT

WAS WORKS PLANNED AS STOP-GAP MEASURES ΤΟ COPE WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN THE OLDER PARTS OF THE DISTRICT, MR LAN NOTED.

IN THIS RESPECT, THE DISTRICT OFFICE HAD SET UP A BUILDING

1985 TO MANAGEMENT CO-ORDINATION TEAM IN

PROVIDE LOCAL RESIDENTS, OWNERS' CORPORATIONS AND MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES WITH EXPERT IMPROVING THE MANAGEMENT OF THEIR BUILDINGS.

ADVICE ON

ON COMMUNITY BUILDING, MR LAN SAID THE DISTRICT OFFICE ASSISTED LOCAL NON-PROFIT MAKING GROUPS IN ORGANISING VARIOUS ACTIVITIES SUCH AS

SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME AND

THE ANNUAL

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN.

то HELP PROMOTE RESIDENTS' SENSE OF BELONGING AND ENCOURAGE GREATER COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND DISTRICT BOARD WOULD HOLD THE SECOND DISTRICT FESTIVAL WHICH WOULD LAST FROM NOVEMBER UNTIL JANUARY NEXT YEAR.

MR LAN URGED ALL RESIDENTS IN THE DISTRICT TO TAKE AN ACTIVE: PART IN THE THREE-MONTH FESTIVAL WHICH WOULD PROVIDE MORE THAN 40 TSIM'S TOMORROW ACTIVITIES INCLUDING A CONCERT, AN EXHIBITION ON YAU AND A CARNIVAL.

THAT

ON THE WORK OF THE YAU TSIM DISTRICT OFFICE, MR LAN NOTED THE OFFICE HANDLED MORE THAN 10,000 CASES EVERY

THESE MONTH. DECLARATION SERVICE AND FREE INCLUDED GENERAL ENQUIRIES, COMPLAINTS, LEGAL ADVICE AS WELL AS BOOKING APPOINTMENTS FOR MEETING DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS.

MR LAN SAID WITH THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE: GOVERNMENT, THE ROLE OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE HAD BECOME MORE IMPORTANT.

"TO MEET THIS CHALLENGE, THE DISTRICT OFFICE WILL FURTHER STRENGTHEN ITS ROLE

BRIDGE BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PUBLIC, HE SAID.

AS A

AND

"IT WILL ALSO CANVASS MORE VIGOROUSLY THE SUPPORT OF GRASS-ROOT

BUILDING CAMPAIGNS, COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS IN PROMOTING PUBLIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT IN THE DISTRICT, HE ADDED.

H

PROPER LABELLING FOR PREPACKAGED FOOD * * * * *

ΤΟ

FOOD MANUFACTURERS AND RETAILERS ARE TODAY (MONDAY) REMINDED SELL FOOD ITEMS IN PREPACKAGED FORM, WHETHER COMPLETELY OR PARTIALLY PACKED, WITH PROPER LABELLING AS REQUIRED BY THE THIRD SCHEDULE OF THE FOOD AND DRUGS (COMPOSITION AND LABELLING) REGULATIONS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH POINTED OUT THAT OFFENDERS MAY BE FINED A MAXIMUM OF $25,000 AND JAILED FOR SIX MONTHS.

THE REMINDER