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Council.
147%
with these arrangements, there
would be 2.7 million voters in 30 functional
constituencies, that is 2.6 million more
Naturally, each voter
than at present.
would only be able to vote in one functional
constituency.
Stronger Local Administration
148.
important
I come,
fourthly, to the extremely
role of District Boards and
Municipal Councils which this Council urged
me to review earlier this year.
149.
The Municipal Councils already have
extensive executive powers, but the very
valuable District Boards are in my view far
too limited in the advisory functions which
they perform SO well. I intend therefore
that their powers, functions
should be expanded in 1993
and budgets
so as to give
them greater responsibility for the issues
which affect the residents of their
particular districts. There are many local
issues on which they are better placed to
arrive at a judgement in the interests of
their
community
than
is the
central