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The Districts of Hong Kong are the 18 political areas by which Hong Kong is geographically divided. Each district has a district council, formerly district boards, for which the districts were established in 1982,〔(Time to revamp Hong Kong's neglected district councils ), SCMP, Sonny Lo, 18 Nov 2013〕 when Hong Kong was under British rule. However, the districts have limited relevance to the population, as few public services operate according to district boundaries. The police, fire services, health services and hospital authority, and postal service〔(Hongkong Post: Delivery Office Information )〕 each define their own idiosyncratic geographic divisions. However major departments, such as the Education Bureau, do provide information based on district. ==History== In the 1860s, residents speaking the same dialects were often grouped together, and social structure was more important than district structure. Merchants often travelled together as guilds and sold common goods across different areas. Organizations such as Nam Pak Hong, Tung Wah Hospital Committee and "District Watch Committee" often cut across any native district lines. The concept of boundary separation only became important around 1870, when cultural conflicts increased between coolies, Chinese and the British.〔Tsai Jung-fang. () (1995). Hong Kong in Chinese History: community and social unrest in the British Colony, 1842–1913. Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-07933-8〕 One of the first legal attempt to control districts came in 1888 under the ''"European District Reservation Ordinance"'', which reserved areas exclusively to Europeans. The first ''"Town Planning Ordinance"'' did not appear until 1939.〔Fong, Ki. Lai Lawrence Wai-chung. () (2000) Hong Kong University Press. Town Planning Practice: Context Procedures and Statistics for Hong Kong. ISBN 962-209-516-X〕〔Levine, Philippa. () (2003) Prostitution, Race and Politics: Policing Venereal Disease in the British Empire. United Kingdom: Routledge Publishing. ISBN 0-415-94446-5〕 The District Administration Scheme was implemented in 1982 with the establishment of a district board and a district management committee in each of the districts in Hong Kong. The aim of the scheme is to achieve a more effective co-ordination of government activities in the provision of services and facilities at the district level, ensure that the Government is responsive to district needs and problems and promote public participation in district affairs. From 1 July 1997 to 31 December 1999, the former district boards were replaced by provisional district boards. The provisional district boards were in turn replaced on 1 January 2000, with 18 district councils. There have been two major changes on district divisions since their implementation in 1982: # Kwai Tsing District was split off from Tsuen Wan District in 1985. # Yau Tsim District and Mong Kok District merged to become Yau Tsim Mong District in 1994. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Districts of Hong Kong」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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