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the territory of Hong Kong will be divided into 18 Districts (10 in the

urban areas and 8 in the New Territories) and each District will be

Each District is to have a

divided into a number of constituencies.

District. Management Committee and a District Board. A District

Management Committee will consist of officials from those government

departments most closely concerned with the provisions of services in

the districts and with any problem in them. Its function is to

provide a forum for inter-departmental consultation with a view to

producing a better co-ordinated and effective government at the

district level. A District Board will consist of the key official

members of its corresponding District Management Committee, appointed

unofficial members, elected members from the constituencies, and

Urban Councillors or Rural Committee Chairmen. Although its function will

be mainly advisory in nature, a District Board will have substantial

power of influence over district affairs. This is because the

District Board will be monitoring the government's performance and

achievements at the district, or grass roots, level, and because it

will be encouraged to discuss a very wide range of matters which

affect the well-being of all people in the districts.

13.

The White Paper on District Administration proposes that

elections should be held on a constituency basis, with each

constituency returning one or two elected representatives to serve

on the District Board. Subject to certain disqualifications which

are related to persons convicted of criminal or corruption offences,

all residents in the constituency who are aged 21 years or above

and who have been ordinarily resident in Hong Kong for seven or more