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Urban Council Proposals
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Government's views and
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Phase II
During the second phase, all staff seconded to the Council would become permanent
employees of the Council as
may be agreed. The Council would)
then be respor sible for engaging ) all future staff.
LANGUAGE
Phase I
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In the initial stage, the pro- ceedings of the meetings of the Council should continue to be in English. The Government should, however, train a cadre of simultaneous interpreters so that simultaneous translation in ) English and Cantonese may be introduced into the Council's meetings at an early stage, and certainly before Phase II.
To permit the use of English and Cantonese. The present requirement that the Council's proceedings must be conducted in English should be relaxed to allow the use of Cantonese as well as English as soon as the Council is able to organize for itself a workable system of simultaneous interpretation.
8(h)
Phase II
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The law should be amended to permit Cantonese-speaking members of the public to be either appointed or elected as Members of the Council. The language of the Council would be either English or Cantonese.
* Note :
The phases referred to in this appendix are those recommended in paragraph 31 of the Urban Council's Report on the Reform of Local Government dated March 1969.
They are
Administrative Year Beginning 1st April
1969/70/71
Pha se
I
II
1971/72 or 1973/74
ΙΙΙ
1977/78
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