is.
Under the Ordinance all the Urban Council's powers are
currently restricted to the urban areas. This is considered
to be unduly limiting. The Bill therefore proposes that in
future the Urban Council, like the Regional Council, will only
be restricted to its jurisdictional areas in terms of establishing
and maintaining public places and facilities related to recreation
and culture. This will allow the Urban Council to arrange, for
example, sports training camps at the Jubilee Sports Centre.
proposal also permits the two Councils to act together, for instance
in constructing and running a staff training school. These
arrangements are considered highly desirable in terms of providing a full service to the public, cost effectiveness and administrative
convenience.
This
5.
The Waste Disposal Ordinance provides that the Urban
Council is the collection authority for waste in the urban areas.
The Bill specifies that the Council shall function as a collection
authority in respect of the 'Urban Council area' under the Waste
The Bill also makes it clear that the Council is Disposal Ordinance.
empowered to provide recreational and cultural activities and to make
charges therefor.
5.
Currently, the Council's surplus funds can legally be
invested caly in such investments as the Financial Secretary
considers appropriate. The Bill proposes to relax this requirement
by allowing the Council to deposit money in a licensed bank without
the permission of the Financial Secretary. The Bill also specifies
that the Council is empowered to enter into contracts or engage
full-time or part-time staff.
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