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UMELCO panels

panels meet

regularly regularly with senior government officials. Issues and policies of importance are discussed at these meetings the and may be debated and publicly questioned at meetings of

Council. Legislative

Meanwhile UMELCO and the Hong Kong

Government are also reviewing current avenues for the redress of individual grievances, and hope soon to publish consultative

proposals

independent an complaints of maladministration by Government departments.

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to

create

organisation

to

review

The only bodies participating in the Government of Hong Kong that consist entirely of members of the public are URBCO and REGCO. 15 of URBCO's 30 members are elected; the remainder are the appointed by the Governor from among prominent members of community. The most recent elections were held in March 1986. areas of Hong URBCO's responsibilities are limited to the urban

Kong Island,

about (where, altogether,

three-quarters

Its main duties

recreational

Kowloon and

of

and

New Kowloon

the population

population live).

the control of

are

and cultural

public hygiene, facilities. On 1 April 1986 a new

1986 a new REGCO was established with the same powers and functions in the New Territories as URBCO has in the urban area: 12 of REGCO's 36 members are directly elected; 12 are appointed by the Governor; 9 are indirectly elected by the of the District Boards; and 3 are ex-officio representatives indigenous inhabitants of the New Territories.

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District Boards

(and associated District Management Committees) were established in 1982 in 18 districts, 10 in the

area

and 8

in the New

mat

Territories.

The Boards

Boards, paz

the Government

the people at a

district

urban

elected

advise and part appointed, affecting the well-being of Elections to the Boards were first held in the new Territori March 1982, and in the urban area in September 1982. round of elections were held in March 1985, when the numb

Boards was

by increased to 19; 213 seats were contested 500 candidates, and over 476,000, or one third of the reg:

electorate of 1.4 million voted.

The seco

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