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SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1985

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NEW DEPARTMENT STARTS WORK ON APRIL 1

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A NEW GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT, THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WILL BECOME OPERATIONAL ON APRIL 1, AND WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE, CULTURE, SPORTS AND RECREATIONAL SERVICES IN THE NEW TERRÍ TORIES.

THE RSD WILL TAKE ADVICE FROM THE NEW PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL IN DISCHARGING ITS RESPONSIBILITIES.

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THE RSD WILL BE MADE UP OF THE PRESENT NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, TOGETHER WITH PART OF THE CULTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY PROVIDING RELATED SERVICES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES,

THE PROVISIONAL REGION AL COUNCIL, APART FROM ADVISING THE RSD ON DEPARTMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES, WILL ALSO ADVISE THE 30VERNOR ON THE PLANNING AND OPERATIONAL MATTERS RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PERMANENT REGIONAL COUNCIL.

THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, WITH FULL FINANCIAL AUTONOMY, WILL BE ESTABLISHED ON APRIL 1 1996.

THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF COUNCILS AND ADMINISTRATION BRANCH, → TONY HAMMOND, WILL ASSUME HIS OFFICE AS THE DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL SERVICES ON APRIL 1.

MR MICHAEL SUEN WILL BECOME THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE REGIONAL SERVICES WITH EFFECT FROM THE SAME DATE.

THE RSD COMPRISES SIX DIVISIONS - THE ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE, THE RECREATION AND CULTURE, THE TRANSPORT, THE ACCOUNTS AND SUPPLIES, THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE HEADQUARTERS DIVISIONS.

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THE ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE DIVISION IS TO BE HEADED BY AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, MR LI TIN-MING. HE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DIRECTING, CO-ORDINATING AND MONITORING THE WORK OF THE NINE DISTRICT ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE SECTIONS AS WELL AS PROVIDING OPERATIONAL SERVICES FOR LICENSING, PROSECUTION, MANAGEMENT OF CEMETERIES AND CREMATORI A, HAWKERS AND MARKETS, PRIVATE SLAUGHTERHOUSES AND CENTRALIZED MECHANIZED CLEANSING SERVICES.

MR DAVID WEEKS WILL BE THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DIVISION, HE WILL LOOK AFTER THE WORK OF RECREATION, AMENITIES AND SPORTS SECTION IN THE NINE DISTRICTS AND RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROVISION OF CENTRALISED RECREATION AND CULTURAL SERVICES INCLUDING THE MANAGEMENT OF HOLIDAY CAMPS, SPORTS AND WATER SPORTS CENTRES, LIBRARIES, CIVIC CENTRES, MUSEUMS AND CULTURAL PRESENTATIONS.

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