ment of disaster victims, brewing tea, cleaning up shops and homes and so forth. This is not all strictly government business but there are always people willing to help if they can be organized, and our staff ought to be well placed to do this.
100. This sort of thing is difficult to plan and whilst it is a matter to which we shall continue to give thought I am not in favour of too much cut-and-dried planning, a process which so often deals with the last crisis rather than the next one.
RESETTLEMENT ESTATES AND AREAS
101. The role of C.D.O.s in resettlement estates and areas has not been clearly thought out and it does present special problems in view of the extensive responsibilities of the Resettlement Department. The C.D.O.s are not of course in any sense excluded from these areas. It has been possible to leave this problem for some time because it is only in Wong Tai Sin District, where the C.D.O. has only just been appointed, that resettlement completely dominates all other types of development.
102. During 1967 when a large number of resettlement kaifong associations were set up it was agreed that liaison with resettlement kaifong should be through Resettlement Department staff and S.C.A. staff should keep clear. This sharp division was necessary when the S.C.A. staff was so limited, but it has had its drawbacks. With the increase in our resources the Commissioner for Resettlement and I believe that the time has come for the demarcation arrangements to be reviewed along the lines of the Resettlement Department staff concentrating on liaison in departmental matters and the C.D.O. staff being much more involved in more general matters. This is still under discussion. Apart from the question of liaison with Kaifong Associations the C.D.O.s have been treating resettlement estates and areas as just another part of the city though, of course, having regard for the Resettlement Depart- ment's special responsibilities there.
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