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The structure of the department was re-organised in 1980 to improve the co-ordination of local services through decentralisation. Besides a departmental headquarters, there are nine district offices grouped under two regional offices - north and south – each headed by an assistant director. The North Region comprises Tuen Mun, Yuen Long, Tai Po and North districts, while the South Region covers the districts of Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung, Sha Tin, Sai Kung and Islands.
During the year, the department's activities were expanded to keep pace with the increasing development and the needs of the growing population of the New Territories. A total of 20 capital projects were completed in 1982 and 466 new projects are planned. These include markets and cooked food centres, pleasure and sports grounds, nurseries, indoor games halls, swimming pools, beach buildings, crematoria and columbaria, public toilets, refuse collection points and abattoirs.
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