Conclusion
25.
Having now
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responded
to the various
points
raised in this debate by Members relating to the Civil
Service, may I conclude, Sir, by touching on a matter of
particular importance to us all, but one which we tend to
take too much for granted. I refer, Sir, to the working
relationship
Service.
between
Unofficial
Members and the Civil
26.
Traditionally,
and without prejudice to the
independence of either the Civil Service or Unofficial
Members, that relationship has been a co-operative
relationship, with both sides to the inter-face realising
that, to achieve our common objective of good government,
each is dependent on the other.
27.
As
we
enter the era of representative
government, and with a growing preponderance of
Unofficial Members, not only in this Council, but also in
the Urban and Regional Councils and on the District
Boards, the need for such a co-operative relationship
between Unofficial Members and the Civil Service will
become no less important. We should nurture that
relationship carefully, e ven though the
representative government may well lead to a tendency to
more adversarial - but hopefully not factional politics
and may well diminish the easy
relationship
between Unofficial
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Members and the Civil