I(C) The Town Management Committee
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Each new town in the New Territories has a Town Management C whose role is to advise the Secretary for the New Territories on the running of community facilities and services and to assist with the promotion of recreational and cultural services. They provide a point of coordination for Government activities in the new town and must pay particular attention to local opinion as to the adequacy of existing and planned facilities. They normally comprise the Town Manager or Regional Commissioner who is the Chairman, the District Officer, the Principal Government Engineer in the district, and representatives from the Police, Urban Services and Housing Departments.
II(A) The City District Committee
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District Committees were established in 1972 in each of the 10 urban districts to assist in the implementation of the territory-wide Keep Hong Kong Clean and Fight Violent Crime Campaigns. Since then, however, their terms of reference have expanded to embrace a wider range of activities as follows:
(a) to provide district leadership;
(b) to promote liaison of Area Committees and Government Departments such as Police, Housing, Urban Services, Fire Services, Social Welfare and Education;
(c) to co-ordinate Area Committees, and generally see that they work
towards the same ends, where appropriate.
The Committee is normally chaired by the City District Officer and its members include all Area Committee Chairmen in the district, a number of other appointed district representatives, the Divisional Superintendent of Police or his representative, a representative from the Housing, Fire Services, Urban Services, Social Welfare and Education Departments and the Recrea- tion and Sports Service. The Committees have no financial resources of their own but are able to advise the City District Officer on projects which may qualify for grants under the Local Public Works Vote and on the expenditure of campaign funds. The official members of the Committee also meet separately to discuss day-to-day coordination of their respective services within the district.
The Area Committee Chairmen referred to above are appointed to chair Committees established in sub-divisions of each of the City Districts covering approximately 50,000 people. These were set up at the same time as the City District Committees to facilitate the organization of campaign activities. Their terms of reference are:
(a) to assist generally in the Fight Violent Crime Campaign and specifically
to help promote protective measures in buildings;
(b) to assist generally in the Clean Hong Kong Campaign and specifically
to help promote cleanliness of buildings;
(c) in keeping with (a) and (b) to assist in a continuing programme for
the formation of more and better building managements. Members number between 15 to 25, are appointed annually and include Chairmen of building-based organizations such as Mutual Aid Committees and Owners Corporations, local businessmen, teachers and social workers. Although they have no direct control over Government funds, they may call on the City District Office to provide money for activities which are usually supplemented by fund raising within the area.
Mutual Aid Committees and Owners Corporations are self-appointed building-based organizations whose establishment was strongly encouraged by the Government as part of the two major campaigns in order to promote better building management and security. There are currently some 3,000 Mutual Aid Committees in existence.
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