105. All members of the Urban Council sit on urban area district boards: elected councillors are ex-officio members of the boards in which their constituencies lie, while appointed councillors are assigned to various other boards. The Capital Works programme of the Urban Council is presented to each district board with a view to ensuring that it meets district priorities within the council's financial staffing and land resources.
106. New Territories district boards maintain a close relationship with the Heung Yee Kuk (a statutory advisory body which represents the indigenous population of the New Territories ). Seats are reserved on the district boards for rural committee chairmen who are also ex officio members of the Heung Yee Kuk's executive committee.
107. With the formal establishment of the Regional Council in April 1986 a close link has been created with district boards in the New Territories. Each district board has a representative member on the Regional Council, and district board members are also included in the recently established district committees under the Regional Council. Through these channels, the district boards are consulted on a wide range of council matters affecting their areas.
108. The Regional Council also has a formal link with the Heung Yee Kuk, through the ex officio membership of the chairman and the two vice-chairmen on the council. Moreover, three of its appointed members have also been chosen from members of the Kuk to ensure a strong relationship with the traditional inhabitants of the New
Territories.
109. The Urban Council and Regional Council which cover much the same fields in their respective areas have, during 1987 set up liaison meetings between the two bodies and have also instituted joint ventures. In particular the Keep Hong Kong Clean Committee now encompasses both councils. The annual Flower Show is also a responsibility of both councils and is held in each council's areas in alternate years; in March 1987 this was in the Regional Council's
Shatin Central Park.
110. In addition, district boards and the Urban Council and Regional Council have links with the Legislative Council. The district boards are grouped into 10 electoral college constituencies, each returning one member to the Legislative Council. The Urban Council and Regional Council separately form electoral college constituencies, each returning one member to the Legislative Council.
111.
Elections to the Urban, the Regional Councils, and district boards are based on wide franchise and on electors voting in constituencies. The franchise is very broad: partically everyone who is over 21 years of age and who has been resident in Hong Kong for over seven years. or who is a Hong Kong belonger, is eligible to be registered as an elector in the constituency in which he lives. There is no compulsory or automatic registration of electors. Any person who meets the requirements and who wishes to become an