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+ THE SECOND CONCLUSION OF THE REVIEW IS THAT, INASMUCH AS SOME DISTRICTS (FOR EXAMPLE, TSUEN WAN) ARE LARGE AND COMPLEX CONURBATIONS, IT MAY BE DESIRABLE IN THESE DISTRICTS TO CREATE BOARDS TO SERVE SMALLER GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS. BUT THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS CONCLUSION WILL OBVIOUSLY NEED TO BE EXAMINED IN GREAT DETAIL.
+THE THIRD CONCLUSION OF THE REVIEW IS THAT. AS DISTRICT BOARDS HAVE ALREADY MADE AN IMPACT ON THE MANAGEMENT OF OUR DENSELY POPULATED URBAN AREAS, IT IS FOR CONSIDERATION WHETHER THIS URBAN MANAGEMENT ROLE SHOULD BE DEVELOPED. IN ADDITION, DISTRICT BOARDS MIGHT BE ABLE TO ASSIST IN THE MANAGEMENT, AND IN THE PROMOTION OF THE USE OF, CERTAIN FACILITIES LOCATED IN THEIR DISTRICTS, OTHER THAN SPECIALIST FACILITIES, WHICH HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR THE BENEFIT OF RESIDENTS IN THEIR DISTRICTS. DETAILED EXAMINATION WILL BE GIVEN TO THESE AND OTHER IDEAS WHICH THE BOARDS THEMSELVES HAVE SUGGESTED, INCLUDING THE NEED TO STRENGTHEN THE LINKS BETWEEN DISTRICT BOARDS AND DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES.
+THE FOURTH CONCLUSION OF THE REVIEW, IS THAT ANOTHER, WHAT ONE MIGHT CALL REGIONAL COUNCIL SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED, TO COVER THE AREAS NOT UNDER THE AEGIS OF THE URBAN COUNCIL. IN LINE WITH THE URBAN COUNCIL, THIS NEW REGIONAL COUNCIL WOULD COMPRISE AN EQUAL NUMBER OF ELECTED AND APPOINTED MEMBERS. BY 1991 THERE WILL BE MORE PEOPLE LIVING NORTH OF THE KOWLOON FOOTHILLS THAN THERE ARE IN KOWLOON. THIS SHIFT OF POPULATION TO THE NEW TOWNS DEMONSTRATES THE NEED FOR SUCH AN ADDITIONAL REGIONAL' COUNCIL, WITH POPULAR PARTICIPATION, TO CONTROL THE PROVISION OF THOSE CENTRALLY ADMINISTERED SERVICES NOW PROVIDED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THIS NEW REGIONAL COUNCIL IS ALSO CONSIDERED TO BE NECESSARY BECAUSE OF THE PRESENT ANOMALOUS SITUATION WHEREBY A WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES IS PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC IN THE URBAN AREAS BY THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, BUT SIMILAR SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC IN THE NEW TERRITORIES BY THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT. THE URBAN COUNCIL SYSTEM HAS BEEN WORKING WELL IN THE URBAN AREAS FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND THE GOVERNMENT HAS CONCLUDED THAT A SIMILAR SYSTEM SHOULD NOW BE INTRODUCED TO COVER THE REST OF HONG KONG, WHERE A LARGE PROPORTION OF THE COMMUNITY NOW RESIDES AND AN EVEN LARGER PROPORTION WILL RESIDE AS THE YEARS GO BY.
+ IN OTHER WORDS, IT IS PROPOSED THAT THE FUNCTIONS OF THE NEW 'REGIONAL' COUNCIL WILL BE SIMILAR TO THOSE OF THE URBAN COUNCIL IN RESPECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND SANITATION AND HYGIENE SERVICES. SO FAR AS RECREATION AND CULTURAL AND AMENITIES SERVICES ARE CONCERNED, THE FUNCTIONS OF THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE NEW REGIONAL' COUNCIL WILL INCLUDE THE PROVISION OF MOST OF THOSE SERVICES NOW PROVIDED BY THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT. OUR AIM IS TO ENSURE THAT THESE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED IN THE MOST EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE MANNER.
+1 savu..