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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1994

9

HAZARDS

WITHIN

"THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE REQUIREMENTS WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT AND WILL ALSO REDUCE POLLUTION HONG KONG WATERS, HE ADDED.

THE TWO REGULATIONS, WHICH GIVE EFFECT TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AMENDED ANNEX I AND ANNEX III TO MARPOL, WILL APPLY TO HONG KONG REGISTERED SHIPS WHEREVER THEY MAY BE AND TO ALL SHIPS ANYWHERE WITHIN HONG KONG WATERS.

(DECEMBER THEY WILL BE GAZETTED THIS FRIDAY EFFECTIVE ON THE DAY OF GAZETTAL.

2) AND WILL BE

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COMMUNITY BUILDING ESSENTIAL FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION: RS

ΤΟ THE HONG

COMMUNITY BUILDING IS AN ESSENTIAL FACTOR CONTRIBUTING SUCCESS OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR

THIS (WEDNESDAY} KONG, KOWLOON/NEW TERRITORIES, MR JOSEPH WONG, SAID EVENING

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SPEAKING AT THIS YEAR'S SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT FESTIVAL OPENING THE CITY AND NEW CEREMONY CUM VARIETY SHOW, MR WONG POINTED OUT THAT TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION

STATUTORY BODI ES WITH THE ROLE WHILE THE DISTRICT BOARDS WERE MONITORING GOVERNMENT POLICIES AT DISTRICT LEVEL.

OF

WORKED TOGETHER

HE SAID DISTRICT OFFICES AND DISTRICT BOARDS TO DEVISE MEASURES THAT WERE GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT.

THIS IN

WAY, HE

ADDED, THE

EFFICIENCY GOVERNMENT'S

IN

MANAGING DISTRICT AFFAIRS WOULD BE GREATLY ENHANCED.

MR WONG STRESSED THAT DBS WERE THE CENTRAL ELEMENT OF COMMUNITY

BUILDING.

HE SAID: "DISTRICT OFFICES ASSIST IN THE SETTING UP OF VARIOUS COMMITTEES (ACS), MUTUAL AID TYPES OF DISTRICT BODIES SUCH AS AREA COMMITTEES (MACS) AND OWNERS' CORPORATIONS (OCS).

THAT ACS HAD

MR WONG NOTED

EXPRESSED INVALUABLE

ON VIEWS OPINIONS HAD LED то ISSUES INVOLVING PEOPLE'S LIVELIHOOD AND SUCH

LAW AND ORDER IN MARKED IMPROVEMENTS IN THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT AND THEIR DISTRICTS.

MACS AND OCS,

IN

RESIDENTS

+

ENVIRONMENT

AND

MEANWHILE, ALSO ENCOURAGE

A MAINTAINING PARTICIPATION

DESIRABLE LIVING ACHIEVING EFFECTIVE BUILDING MANAGEMENT.

ORGANISATIONS, DISTRICT

MR WONG SAID, IN ADDITION TO DISTRICT OFFICERS ALSO INVITED LOCAL PEOPLE WITH VARIOUS ABILITIES NUMEROUS COMMITTEES.

то SIT ON

PO FIGHT CRIME CRIME IN THE

FOR EXAMPLE, VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THE SHAM SHUJ

COMBAT POLICE CONSIDERABLY HELPED COMMITTEE HAVE

DISTRICT.

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