Policy Address

XII. District Administration and Governance

District Administration

248.         The DC election was conducted last November.  From this term, all DC appointed seats have been abolished, and the number of DC elected seats has increased by 19 to 431.  The Government looks forward to fully co-operating with the DCs in their new term of office in serving the community. 

249.         Under the pilot scheme implemented in Sham Shui Po and Yuen Long, the District Management Committees chaired by District Officers were given the power to address certain management and environmental hygiene problems of public areas and the DCs would advise on the work priorities.  The scheme was completed in August last year with satisfactory results.  The Government suggests implementing the District-led Actions Scheme in all 18 districts to further take forward the concept of “addressing district issues at the local level and capitalising on local opportunities”.  The District Officers of various districts will consult the new-term DCs, and the District Management Committees will decide on the specific details of the scheme, working together to address the issues requiring immediate attention in their districts.

250.         Funding approval has been given to some of the 27 projects proposed by the 18 DCs under the Signature Project Scheme.  The Government hopes that funding approval will be granted by this Council for early implementation of the remaining projects so as to address district needs.

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