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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1992

GOVT TREASURES KUK'S CONSULTATIVE ROLE

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THE

FOR

THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALWAYS ATTACHED GREAT IMPORTANCE TO THE CONSULTATIVE ROLE OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK,

REGIONAL SECRETARY THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR ALBERT LAM, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE KUK'S SPRING RECEPTION, MR DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG'S POLITICAL SYSTEM REACHED A LAST YEAR WHEN ELECTIONS WERE HELD FOR ALL THE BOARDS AS WELL AS FOR THE KUK AND RURAL COMMITTEES.

LAM

SAID THE MILESTONE

NEW AND

COUNCILS,

'SINCE MANY KUK MEMBERS ALSO SERVE IN THESE COUNCILS, BOARDS HAS BEEN OR COMMITTEES, THE GOVERNMENT, IN FORMULATING ITS POLICIES, ABLE TO TAKE INTO FULL ACCOUNT THE INTERESTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES RESIDENTS, HE SAID.

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ΤΟ MR LAM ALSO PRAISED THE HEUNG YEE KUK FOR ITS CONTRIBUTIONS STRENGTHENING THE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE RURAL COMMUNITY, WHICH ENABLED THE SMOOTH IMPLEMENTATION OF GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND DEVELOPMENT PLANS.

"I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION AND THE DISTRICT OFFICES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL CONTINUE TO PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE AND JOIN HAND WITH THE HEUNG YEE DEPARTMENTS KUK IN CO-ORDINATING THE OPERATIONS OF VARIOUS GOVERNMENT AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CENTRAL POLICIES FOR THE WELL-BEING OF KONG, HE SAID.

HONG

TAI PO ELDERLY TREATED TO 'YAN YAT' PARTY

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ABOUT 1,500 ELDERLY PEOPLE IN TAI PO WERE TREATED TO

PARTIES AT

RESTAURANTS TWO YAT" (BIRTHDAY FOR ALL PEOPLE) DISTRICT THIS (MONDAY) AFTERNOON.

TWO "YAN IN THE

THE PARTIES WERE ORGANISED CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE.

THE BY

THIRD ΤΑΙ

PO FESTIVAL

THEM

SOME 500 FROM A

THE PARTICIPANTS, AGED BETWEEN 73 AND 100, COMPRISED

RECEIVED LAI-SEE PACKETS MEN AND 1,000 WOMEN. ALL OF LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADER, MR TANG YEUK-FAN,

THE

THE FIVE ELDEST PERSONS WERE PRESENTED WITH GOLD MEDALS BY

AND THE CHAIRMAN OP THE TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICER, MR PO PUI-LEONG, TAI PO DISTRICT BOARD, MR HO YUNG-SANG.

VOLUNTEER WORKERS CITIZENS AT THE FUNCTION.

WERE

ALSO PRESENT

'TO ASSIST THE

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