However, if an impasse is ultimately reached in a particular state, it is critical that LSC maintain its statutory right to decide the configuration of service areas in order to foster greater access and service for all eligible low-income clients.
The LSC decides the configuration of service areas.
While the Chinese Communist armies drove towards the south, the flow of refugees into Hong Kong multiplied, and by the time the People's Republic of China was proclaimed in 1949, the total population of Hong Kong had grown to more than two million people.