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URBCO TO STEP UP RELATIONSHIPS WITH DB'S

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THE URBAN COUNCIL IS TO PURSUE AN EVEN MORE ACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH ALL 10 URBAN DISTRICT BOARDS NOW THAT THEY ARE TO HAVE THEIR OWN ELECTED CHAIRMEN.

BOTH OFFICIAL AND UNOFFICIAL CONTACTS WILL BE STEPPED UP TO ENSURE THAT THE COUNCIL'S HARMONIOUS RELATIONSHIPS ARE MAINTAINED WITH DISTRICT BOARDS AS A WHOLE, AND DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AS INDIVIDUALS.

THIS FIRM POLICY LINE WAS AGREED AT TODAY'S MEETING OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE URBAN COUNCIL.

THE MEETING UNANIMOUSLY RATIFIED A RECOMMENDATION TO HOLD EARLY DISCUSSIONS WITH THE NEWLY ELECTED URBAN DISTRICT BOARDS TO ESTABLISH IF AND HOW COUNCIL SERVICES TO THE DISTRICTS MIGHT BE IMPROVED,

THIS WAS ONE OF THE MAIN RECOMMENDATIONS MADE TO TODAY'S MEETING BY THE COUNCIL'S WORKING PARTY ON FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL ADMINISTRATION, CHAIRED BY DR KIM CHAM.

+COUNCILLORS TODAY EXPRESSED A WIDE VARIETY OF VIEWS ON THE ONGOING EVOLUTION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AND THE COUNCIL'S RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE DISTRICT BOARDS, SAID A COUNCIL SPOKESMAN.

→NOW THAT DISTRICT BOARDS WILL HAVE THEIR OWN CHAIRMEN TO REPLACE THE FORMER GOVERNMENT CHAIRMON, THE COUNCIL IS MORE ANXIOUS THAN EVER TO WORK IN AS MUCH AS IT CAN WITH TEL DISTRICT BOARDS WITH THE COMMON AIM OF IMPROVING DISTRICT SERVICES AND PROVIDING A BETTER LIFESTYLE FOR ALL.+

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