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KUNG SHEUNG DAILY NEWS (November 1) called on the Government to strengthen the structure of existing Mutual Aid Committees and to turn them into effective channels of Government/public co-operation.
The paper said MACs were formed by residents themselves and there were bound to be ties among the members, and the Government would be able to carry out its policies even more effectively in multi-storey buildings if they could obtain the help of the MACs.
Commenting on the proposal by Dr. Chung Sze-yuen to expand the complaints section of the Umelco Office, the HONG KONG DAILY NEWS (October 28) said the Office had achieved even better results in dealing with public complaints than "Ombudsmen” in democratic countries.
"On the basis of this fact, we feel there is a need to increase the number of staff in the Office's complaints section, and to set up branch offices," the paper said.
THE FIXED PENALTY SCHEME
During the week, five papers commented on the fixed penalty scheme which came into
force on November 1.
SING TAO WAN PAO (November 1) criticised the Government for not "abandoning the idea" of implementing the penalty scheme despite strong opposition from drivers of all kinds of vehicles.
“Although some of the 74 regulations had been modified and the date of their implementation delayed, they remain basically unchanged," the paper said.
The paper felt it was "regrettable" that the Government when drawing up the new regulations, had given little thought to the pressure that would be laid upon professional drivers.
The Communist WEN WEI PO (November 2) quoted some drivers as saying that Police had not issued many tickets on the first day of implementation of the scheme.
However, the paper noted that past experience had shown that the Police were usually "less strict" at the start in implementing regulations which had been regarded as unreasonable and opposed by the public.
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