WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1985
+ALTOGETHER 501 CANDIDATES WILL CONTEST 237 ELECTED SEATS IN THE 10 URBAN AND NINE NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICT BOARDS. WE SHOULD FEEL PROUD THAT SO MANY MEN AND WOMEN FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE HAVE COME FORWARD AND ARE WILLING TO GENEROUSLY DEVOTE THE IR LEISURE TIME TO THE WORTHY CAUSE OF SERVING THE COMMUNITY.
+TOMORROW, IT WILL BE THE TURN OF OUR ELECTORATE TO DO THE IR PART BY CASTING THE IR BALLOTS.+
TURNING TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND THE URBAN DISTRICT BOARDS, MR CHEONG-LEEN SAID THE URBAN COUNCIL HAS COMMITTED ITSELF TO THE FULLEST CO-OPERATION WITH THEM EVER SINCE THEY WERE SET UP IN 1982.
TO ACHIEVE THIS, THE COUNCIL FORMED A DISTRICT RELATIONS SELECT COMMITTEE IN EARLY 1981 TO PRODUCE AND KEEP UNDER REVIEW AN OVERALL URBAN COUNCIL POLICY ON RELATIONS WITH DISTRICT BOARDS.
THE COMMITTEE ALSO FORMULATES GUIDELINES FOR URBAN COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THE IR RESPONSIBILITIES AS COUNCILLORS WHEN INVOLVED IN DB WORK EXAMINES DISTRICT BOARD PROPOSALS WHICH HAVE DIRECT BEARING ON THE POLICIES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COUNCIL AND CO-ORDINATES THE VIEWS OF COUNCILLORS ON SPECIFIC PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN DISTRICT BOARDS WHICH AFFECT THE COUNCIL.
ON THE WORKING LEVEL, AT LEAST TWO URBAN COUNCILLORS SIT ON EACH OF THE URBAN DISTRICT BOARDS AS MEMBERS TO PRESENT THE COUNCIL'S WORK AND POLICIES TO BOARD MEMBERS. THIS ARRANGEMENT ALSO ENABLES THE COUNCILLORS TO INVOLVE THEMSELVES IN THE WIDE RANGE OF MATTERS THAT GOVERN THE DAILY LIVES OF DISTRICT RESIDENTS.
IN ADDITION, THE DISTRICT BOARDS ARE CONSULTED ON MAJOR MATTERS AFFECTING THEIR OWN DISTRICTS INCLUDING THE URBAN COUNCIL'S FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL WORKS PROGRAMME IN RESPECT OF A DISTRICT AND THE HAWKER AND MARKET POLICIES.
THE COUNCIL HAS ALSO VIGOROUSLY SUPPORTED THE DISTRICT BOARDS IN THE PROMOTION OF A BALANCED DISTRIBUTION OF RECREATIONAL, ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURAL PROGRAMMES, AND PROVIDED CASH SUBSIDIES, VENUES OR PROGRAMMES TO DBS TO HELP ORGANISE THEIR OWN DISTRICT CARNIVALS AND FESTIVALS.
+AS A RESULT OF THESE LONG-STANDING EFFORTS, THE URBAN COUNCIL HAS BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE CLOSE TIES AND ENJOY A QUITE HARMONIOUS UNDERSTANDING WITH THE DISTRICT BOARDS, + SAID MR CHEONG-LEEN.
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