In this post, we interviewed Henry Wong, chief executive officer of Many Local Government Area, New South Wales, Australia, and a 2015 Community Health and Safety Award winner.

The theme for this year’s National County Government Month (NCGM) will be “Safe and Secure Counties”

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When a local government places upright pianos in outdoor space, it's not an expensive thing. There wasn’t that much red tape; it did not require many permissions. The project showed that the government wants to have fun and we can have fun and we can do interesting things.

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