Saltpond (C/R), Oct 30, GNA - Mr Robert Quainoo-Arthur,

District Chief Executive for Mfantseman, which has been elevated

to Municipal Status, has advised the communities to improve on

their ways of doing things to make the change meaningful. Mfantseman is one of the three new Municipal Assemblies

created last week. "The new status goes with responsibility," he said. "As we

jubilate over it, we should see it as a challenge to take measures to

get out of poverty, squalor disease and other negative things which

retard our progress." The DCE urged the people to change their attitude towards the

environment to prevent diseases. He said the elevation would be meaningless if it did not

transform "our live styles." Mr Quainoo-Arthur expressed gratitude to President John

Agyekum Kufuor for the elevation and gave assurance that the

Assembly would do its best to meet the challenges entailed in the

Municipality Status. The harvest was organized to raise funds to complete the

expansion work on the Church building.