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YOUR TELNOS 2505 AND 2844: ANNUAL REPORT TO PARLIAMENT
FOLLOWING IS A FIRST DRAFT OF SECTION D REPRESENTATIVE
GOVERNMENT AND SECTION E DAYA BAY NUCLEAR POWER STATION
REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT
LAST YEAR'S REPORT DESCRIBED IN SOME DETAIL THE HISTORICAL
BACKGROUND TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN
HONG KONG, WHICH IS NOW STRUCTURED ON A FRAMEWORK OF THREE DISTINCTIVE BUT INTER-CONNECTED TIERS. DISTRICT BOARDS, MUNICIPAL
COUNCILS AND THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
THE DISTRICT BOARDS ARE ADVISORY BODIES ESTABLISHED IN EACH
OF THE 19 URBAN AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICTS.
SOME TWO-THIRDS OF DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS ARE DIRECTLY ELECTED, ON
THE BASIS OF A FRANCHISE WHICH INCLUDES ALL ADULTS OVER THE AGE OF
TWENTY-ONE YEARS WHO HAVE RESIDED IN HONG KONG FOR A MINIMUM OF
SEVEN YEARS. THE REMAINING THIRD OF MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED BY
THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.
THE URBAN AND REGIONAL COUNCILS ARE FINANCIALLY AUTONOMOUS
BODIES WITH A RANGE OF STATUTORY RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE PROVISION
OF MUNICIPAL SERVICES SUCH AS PUBLIC CLEANSING, LICENSING
RESTAURANTS AND MARKETS AND THE PROVISION AND MANAGEMENT OF
RECREATIONAL, CULTURAL AND SPORTING FACILITIES. THE URBAN COUNCIL'S AUTHORITY EXTENDS OVER HONG KONG AND KOWLOON SEMICOLON THAT OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, WHICH WAS FORMALLY CONSTITUTED ON 1 APRIL 1986,
THROUGH THE NEW TERRITORIES. BOTH COUNCILS INCLUDE ELECTED AND
APPOINTED MEMBERS. TO MAINTAIN CLOSE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN DISTRICT
AND REGIONAL LEVELS OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, MEMBERS OF THE
URBAN COUNCIL SIT AS MEMBERS OF DISTRICT BOARDS, WHILST THE NEW
TERRITORIES DISTRICT BOARDS ELECT MEMBERS TO SIT ON THE REGIONAL
COUNCIL.
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