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7. The third conclusion of the review is that, as District Boards have already made an impact on the management of our densely populated urban areas, it is for consideration whether this urban management role should be developed. addition, District Boards might be able to assist in the management, and in the promotion of the use of, certain facilities located in their districts, other than specialist facilities, which have been provided for the benefit of residents in their districts. Detailed examination will
be given to these and other ideas which the Boards themselves have suggested, including the need to strengthen the links between District Boards and District Management Committees.
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The fourth conclusion of the review, is that another, what one might call "regional" Council should be established, to cover the areas not under the aegis of the Urban Council. In line with the Urban Council, this new "regional" Council would comprise an equal number of elected and appointed
members.
By 1991 there will be more people living north
of the Kowloon foothills than there are in Kowloon. This shift of population to the new towns demonstrates the need for such an additional "regional" Council, with popular participation, to contro 1 the provision of those centrally administered services now provided by the New Territories Services Department. This new "regional" Council is also considered to be necessary because of the present anomalous situation whereby a wide range of services is provided to the public in the urban areas by the Urban Services Department under the direction of the Urban Council, but similar services
are provided to the public in the New Territories by the New Territories Services Department under the direction of the central Government. The Urban Council system has been working well in the urban areas for several years and the Government has concluded that a similar system should now be introduced to cover the rest of Hong Kong, where a large proportion of the community now resides: and an even larger proportion will reside as the years go by.
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