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Enclosure (1):

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Brief for the Governor in

London, September, 1983

Proposed Review of Local Administration

(1) Proposal

A draft memorandum for Executive Council proposing

a review of the present organisation and arrangements for

local administration is attached.

Although there will be no

public announcement to this effect the review will be carried

out by an informal group of officials working to the Chief

Secretary, viz:

Secretary for Home Affairs

Secretary for District Administration

and Mr. I.F.C. McPherson

Director of Urban Services

Director, Councils & Administration Branch

2.

The group will work up a draft memorandum for

Executive Council which will consider four possible options,

viz :

(a)

to make no change to the existing arrangements;

(b)

to introduce a territory-wide City and New

Territories Council in place of the present

Urban Council;

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