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+THIS NEW COUNCIL IS OF COURSE STILL VERY MUCH IN THE FORMATIVE STAGE NEVERTHELESS IT WILL, I AM SURE, QUICKLY SETTLE DOWN TO THE WIDE RANGE OF RESPONSIBILITIES OF SERVING THE CIVIC NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES,+ HE SAID.
ON BEHALF OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, MR CHEONG-LEEN ALSO CONGRATULATED THE NEWLY ELECTED CHAIRMEN OF THE TERRITORY'S DISTRICT BOARDS. IN PARTICULAR THOSE CHAIRMEN OF ALL OF THE URBAN DISTRICT BOARDS.
+THE URBAN COUNCIL IS FIRMLY COMMITTED TO WORKING AS CLOSELY AS PRACTICABLE WITH THE DISTRICT BOARDS IN THE URBAN WE AREA SINCE -- WHETHER BOARD MEMBER OR URBAN COUNCILLOR ALL HAVE THE ONE SINGLE GOAL AHEAD OF US AND THAT IS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND MAKE HONG KONG AN EVEN BETTER PLACE TO LIVE IN, HE SAID.
TURNING TO THE URBAN COUNCIL'S MOVE LAST MONTH IN OPENING UP TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ITS DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES, MR CHEONG-LEEN NOTED THAT IT HAD BEEN WIDELY SUPPORTED BOTH BY THE MEDIA AND THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.
+THIS NEW SYSTEM, WHICH BRINGS INTO THE OPEN THE IMPORTANT DECISIONS PREVIOUSLY TAKEN BY THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE COUNCIL, BRINGS FURTHER INTO THE PUBLIC GLARE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE HARD WORKING CHAIRMEN AND CHAIRWOMEN AND THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS OUR 13 SELECT COMMITTEES AND BOARDS WHICH ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERY PHASE OF URBAN SERVICES IN HONG KONG.
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+THESE COMMITTEES AND BOARDS WILL THUS BE CALLED ON TO MAKE AN EVEN GREATER CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORKINGS OF THIS COUNCIL BY PUBLICLY PROBING ALL PROPOSALS AND BE SEEN TO BE FINE-TUNING ALL DECISIONS AND SCHEMES SO THAT THEY ARE BOTH MORE EFFICIENT AND MORE ECONOMICAL,+ SAID MR CHEONG-LEEN.
UC CAPITAL WORKS EXPENDITURE DOWN ******
THE EXPENDITURE ON THE URBAN COUNCIL'S CAPITAL WORKS PROGRAMME FOR 1984/85 TOTALLED $205 MILLION AGAINST THE APPROVED PROVISION OF $333 MILLION.
THIS WAS STATED IN THE QUARTERLY REPORT ON UC CAPITAL WORKS PROGRAMME 1984/85 - 1988/89 TABLED FOR MEMBERS'
INFORMATION AT THE COUNCIL'S OPEN MEETING TODAY.
/ACCORDING TO