1997年香港主權移交中國後不久,中國治下的香港政府解散了市政局和區域市政局,這是香港歷史上僅有的兩個主要由民主選舉產生的議會機構。市政局和區域市政局在其解散前是負責香港市政服務的議會機構。前臨時市政局於解散前通過委任港大亞洲研究中心編寫香港市議會史,經兩載寫成,本書記述市政局及區域市政局的發展,從1883年成立的潔淨局開始,歷1935年易名市政局,1986年另成立區域市政局到1999年12月31日解散的117年的市政局及區域市政局的歷史發展,是目前唯一記述這兩個曾在香港的環境衛生、康樂及文化事務上擔演重要角色的議會的專書。本書由香港歷史博物館統籌。
Shortly after the handover of Hong Kong to China in 1997, the Hong Kong government under Chinese rule dissolved the Urban Council and the Regional Council, the only two council bodies that were principally democratically elected in Hong Kong history. The Urban Council and the Regional Council were the municipal councils responsible for municipal services in Hong Kong before their demise. Shortly before its dissolution, the former Provisional Urban Council commissioned the Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong to research and publish a book on the history of the municipal councils which played a vital role in local environmental hygiene and provision of leisure and cultural services. The book covers the entire history of the municipal councils in Hong Kong, commencing with the establishment of the Sanitary Board in 1883, which was renamed the Urban Council in 1935 subsequent to expansion of its functions and powers, the founding of the Regional Council in 1986 to December 1999 when the history of the two Councils came to an end. This book was coordinated by the Hong Kong Museum of History.
Contents
Why Is A History of the Municipal Councils of Hong Kong Published?
Forewords
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART I The Age of the Sanitary Board, 1883-1935
CHAPTER 1 The Sanitary Conditions of Hong Kong before the Establishment of the Sanitary Board
CHAPTER 2 The Organization and Development of the Sanitary Board
CHAPTER 3 The Cultural Conflicts in Sanitary Dispute between the Chinese and the Westerners
CHAPTER 4 The Sanitary Board and the Bubonic Plague of 1894 and Its Aftermath
PART II The Age of the Urban Council, 1936-1972
CHAPTER 5 The Organization and Development of the Urban Council after 1935
CHAPTER 6 Hong Kong's Constitutional Reform and the Pre-1973 Urban Council
CHAPTER 7 Hong Kong's Political Election and the Pre-1973 Urban Council
CHAPTER 8 The Urban Services of the Urban Council before 1973
PART III The Age of the Municipal Councils, 1973–1999
CHAPTER 9 The Organization and Development of the Urban Council in 1973 and 1997
CHAPTER 10 The Organization and Development of the Regional Council in 1986 and 1997
CHAPTER 11 Urban Services and Hong Kong's Public Health
CHAPTER 12 Urban Services and the Quality of life in Hong Kong
CHAPTER 13 Urban Services and the Cultural Life of Hong Kong
CHAPTER 14 Urban Council and the Formation of Hong Kong Identity
CHAPTER 15 The Municipal Councils and the Advent of Representative Government in Hong Kong
CHAPTER 16 The Policy to Dissolve the Provisional Municipal Councils and the Councils' Responses
Conclusion
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Bibliography
Index