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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1992

SECONDLY, THERE

IS A VERY

CLOSE CONNECTION

BETWEEN OLDER

WITH

HIGH

THE

THE

DRUG-ABUSE BY YOUNG PEOPLE AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITY BY YOUNGER AND PEOPLE, SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO TACKLE IT. WE HAVE TO TACKLE TACKLE IT BY IT BY BETTER EDUCATION ABOUT DRUG-ABUSE, WE HAVE TO SENDING MORE TEAMS OF SOCIAL WORKERS INTO AREAS WHERE THERE IS A LEVEL OF YOUTH CRIME, AND WE HAVE TO TACKLE IT BY WORKING COMMISSION ON YOUTH TO MAKE SURE, NOT ONLY THAT YOUNG PEOPLE KNOW DANGERS OF DRUGS TO THEMSELVES, BUT THEY EXPLAIN ABOUT THE DANGERS DRUGS TO THEIR PEER GROUP. AND WE'VE ALSO GOT TO TRY TO ENSURE THEY HAVE ENOUGH FACILITIES, THROUGH OUR YOUTH SERVICES, SO THAT

EVENING ABUSING THEIR DON'T FETCH UP SITTING UNDER A ROAD IN THE BODIES WITH DRUGS.

OF

THAT

THEY

QUESTION:

MR GOVERNOR, I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH THE DEMOCRATISATION HAVE EVER YOU INTRODUCED IN YOUR POLICY SPEECH, BUT I WONDER IF YOU

RIGHT NOW, MEMBERS OF THOUGHT OF DEMOCRATISING THE HOUSING AUTHORITY. THIS HOUSING AUTHORITY ARE ALL APPOINTED BY YOU.

CAN

ASK

AS

A

MATTER

THE

OF HOUSING THE HOUSING MEMBERS FROM ON THE HOUSING

GOVERNOR:

A QUESTION IN RETURN? INTEREST, DO YOU THINK THE BEST WAY OF DEMOCRATISING AUTHORITY WOULD BE BY DIRECTLY ELECTING THE MEMBERS OF AUTHORITY OR,

YOU DO

SHOULD APPOINT DISTRICT BOARDS,

ARE DIRECTLY ELECTED, TO SIT WHO AUTHORITY?

QUESTIONER:

THINK THAT WE

ΤΟ

ELECTED NEEDS OF

ACTUALLY, WE HAVE ALREADY PUT IN OUR RECOMMENDATION THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT AND WE THINK THAT REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE GRASSROOTS CAN BETTER REFLECT THE OPINION AND THE THE GRASSROOTS. IF YOU LIKE, WE CAN SUBMIT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU AGAIN.

GOVERNOR:

RECOMMENDATIONS.

MORE

THOSE MAY BE

THAT OF

OF

BE I'D CERTAINLY

VERY

SEE HAPPY то CAN I SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS, ONE OF WHICH

то THAN POPULAR

DEMONSTRATE THE OTHER. THIS IS

THIS IS JUST GOVERNMENT CAN BE ABOUT HARD CHOICES. FIRST OF ALL, I THINK IT IS THE GREATEST IMPORTANCE IN GOOD MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC HOUSING TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS EXTREMELY CLOSE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE MANAGEMENT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND THE TENANTS IN THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.

TAKE WHICH CAN THERE ARE DECISIONS WHICH HOUSING MANAGERS HAVE TO INVARIABLY BE UNPOPULAR. ALLOCATING FLATS CAN BE UNPOPULAR. MENTION INCREASING RENTS, WHICH IS SOMETIMES IMPORTANT AND

UNPOPULAR. CAN BE

GREATER SO, IF ONE IS TALKING

ABOUT

BUT

DARE NECESSARY, DEMOCRATIC

I

CONTROL DOESN'T NOW, AT THE

CONTROL ONE HAS TO REMEMBER THAT GREATER DEMOCRATIC NECESSARILY MAKE IT EASIER TO TAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS. MOMENT, THERE ARE SLIGHTLY MORE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE WANTING TO QUESTIONS THAN THERE IS AN AUDIENCE, THAN THERE ARE IN THE BUT WE'LL MOVE AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.

ASK

AUDIENCE,

/QUESTION: MR