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11.

But no comparison is possible between

arrangements for the New Territories

and for the old urban areas of Hong

Kong. Whereas the population of

the urban area has for some years now

been more or less static and geograph-

ically homogeneous, that of the New

Territories is changing very fast both

numerically and in the balance between

indigenous and non-indigenous residents;;

and it is also characterised by

geographical division into a series of

self-contained towns which are expanding

very fast. In these rapidly evolving

circumstances it is clear that quite

different arrangements will be

required. While I agree that the

Rural Committees and the Kuk itself

should have a part to play in these

arrangements, proper regard must also

be had both to the interests of the

numerically larger non-indigenous

section of the New Territories popula-

tion, and also to the differing needs

and state of development of individual

townships.. This approach is

compatible with the continuing