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Urban Council and the new Regional Council and advising on the formulation of policies by the two Councils to ensure consistency in the services provided. The new Municipal Services Branch will assume policy responsibility for environmental
hygiene matters
collection,
cemeteries, abattoirs, markets and the like) from the Health
and Welfare Branch, and from the Home Affairs Branch
(refuse
responsibilities for antiquities and monuments, country parks and countryside conservation, liquor licensing,
recreation and cultural services at territorial level, USD
licensing other than health matters, and Urban Council relations with Government. The Municipal Services Branch
assume from the Home Affairs Branch and the
Recreation & Culture Department policy and executive functions relating to the Music
Music Office and the principal sporting and cultural organisations.
will also
6.
transfer
The opportunity has also been taken to responsibilities for the collation of community information,
liaison with traditional Chinese organisations and related
matters, management of Trust Funds and properties, and management of Chinese Temples and Chinese Permanent Cemeteries from the Secretary for Home Affairs to the
Secretary for District Administration.
7.
The residue of the Home Affairs Branch, which includes policy mainly relating to information and public relations, Chinese language, as well as registration of
newspapers
and publications, gambling and public entertainment will be combined with the present functions of
the Councils and Administration Branch to form a new
Administrative Services and Information Branch headed by a Secretary for Administrative Services and Information.
8.
The present Home Affairs Branch, Councils and Administration Branch and Recreation and Culture Department
will then cease to exist as will such posts as the Secretary for Home Affairs and Director, Councils and Administration
Branch.
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