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FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1981

BOARDS WERE FIRST ESTABLISHED IN NOVEMBER, 1977, WITH THE FOLLOWING TERMS OF REFERENCE.

* TO ADVISE ON MATTERS AFFECTING THE WELL BEING

OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE DISTRICT.

* TO ADVISE ON THE PROVISION AND USE OF PUBLIC

FACILITIES WITHIN THE DISTRICT, IN PARTICULAR :

**

(1)

ON THE ADEQUACY AND PRIORITIES OF THE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME FOR THE DISTRICT-

(11) ON THE USE OF FUNDS AVAILABLE

FOR EXPENDITURE WITHIN THE DISTRICT UNDER THE LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS VOTE.

TO UNDERTAKE, USING PUBLIC FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE FOR THE PURPOSE :

(1) MINOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS

WITHIN THE DISTRICT-

(11)

THE PROMOTION OF RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

THE LARGEST DISTRICT BOARD IS TSUEN WAN WHICH NOW HAS 29 MEMBERS FOLLOWED BY YUEN LONG WITH 24 MEMBERS AND TAI PO WITH 2).

THE BUDGET FOR 1978/79 WAS $3.7 MILLION, FOR 1979/80 IT WAS $4.5 MILLION AND FOR 1980/81 $6.148 MILLION. DETAILS OF THE BUDGET FOR THE PRESENT FINANCIAL YEAR WILL BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY.

MR CHUI SAID BOARDS HAD DONE A GREAT DEAL OF VALUABLE WORK IN THE COMPARATIVELY SHORT TIME THEY HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED.

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