THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1986
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THREE-TIER STRUCTURE GENERALLY SOUND GOVERNOR
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THE PRESENT THREE-TIER STRUCTURE THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, THE URBAN AND REGIONAL COUNCILS, AND THE DISTRICT BOARDS — IS GENERALLY SOUND, THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER A MEETING WITH MEMBERS OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, SIR EDWARD SAID IT WAS NATURAL THAT DISTRICT BOARDS HAD THEIR VIEWS ON THE DISTRICT LEVEL AND THAT THEY WOULD NOT ALWAYS BE THE SAME AS THOSE OF THE URBAN COUNCIL.
HOWEVER, HE SAID HE DID NOT THINK THE DIFFERENCES WERE SO WIDE THAT THEY COULD NOT BE RESOLVED BY WHATEVER ADJUSTMENT WHICH MIGHT BE NECESSARY OF THE CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION RATHER THAN OF ADJUSTMENT TO THE STRUCTURE.
ASKED WHETHER THERE WAS ANY NEED TO MODIFY THE PRESENT THREE-TIER STRUCTURE, SIR EDWARD SAID HE TOLD THE URBAN COUNCILLORS THAT THE PRESENT STRUCTURE WAS ABOUT RIGHT.
HE ADDED THAT THEY HAD TALKED ABOUT THE REGIONAL COMMITTEES WHICH THE COUNCILLORS WERE THINKING OF AS ONE POSSIBLE WAY OF IMPROVING THE CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION, AND NOTED THAT THAT IDEA WAS WELL WORTH CONSIDER ING.
SIR EDWARD DESCRIBED TODAY'S MEETING WITH THE URBAN COUNCILLORS AS VALUABLE BECAUSE THEY COULD HAVE A VERY FREE AND FULL DISCUSSION ON A NUMBER OF ISSUES WHICH WERE OF CONCERN TO, AND INTERESTED, THEM,
THESE INCLUDED THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND DISTRICT BOARDS, THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES BRANCH, BUDGET, AND A VERY WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES WHICH WERE OF CONCERN TO THEM.
SIR EDWARD NOTED THAT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE DISTRICT BOARDS WAS THE SUBJECT WHICH OCCUPIED MOST OF THE TIME, ALTHOUGH THE ISSUE OF HAWKERS ALSO TOOK UP A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.
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