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Sunday, June 17, 1973
URBAN COUNCIL WARD SYSTEM
Urban Councillors dealt with the individual problems of about
9,000 people last year.
These problems, concerning mainly hawker matters, public facilities
and housing, were taken to the councillors in their 10 ward offices on
Hong Kong Island and in Kowloon.
An Urban Council spokesman said that often matters outside the
scope of the council were raised.
These are always noted down and promptly passed to the right authorities
for action," the spokesman pointed out.
The ward offices
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four on Hong Kong Island and six in Kowloon are set
up in some of the most densely populated areas of Hong Kong.
The spokesman urged people to take their complaints and problems
to these ward offices.
The ward system was introduced in 1965, aimed at giving members of the public an opportunity to discuss their problems at first hand with Urban Councillors.
This also gave councillors an opportunity to establish closer contact with the man-in-the-street and to appreciate better their problems and grievances. Urban Councillors attend ward offices regularly for meetings with
anyone who wishes to see them.
Ward clerks, who are on the telephone, arrange times for such meetings. The following is a list of the ward offices, the councillors attending them and the ward clerks and their telephone numbers.
URBAN COUNCIL