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With these arrangements, there would be 2.7
million voters in 30 functional constituenceis, that is
2.6 million more than at present.
Naturally, these
voters would only be able to vote in one functional
constituency.
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I come, fourthly, to the extremely important role of District Boards and Municipal Councils.
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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
I intend therefore that which they perform so well. their powers, functions and budgets should be expanded in order 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 government. will therefore allow District Boards to manage local environmental and public works projects, traffic arrangements, community halls and centres.
We
They will
also be responsible for making appointments to a variety of local bodies such as School and Industrial Liaison Committees and Civic Education Committees.
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