1 ppm to
/Clause 24: There have been questions as to whether the officers of the Council will be "untrained of police duties and powers" and they may abuse their power, I trust the answer to that must be that the officers must be trained to understand the limit of
his power under
under this bill and will carry out his duties under the overall supervision of the President.
Finally
/clause 25: It is said that the President's powers are
too wide if he can exercise them even when the Council has been dissolved. As I have mentioned before, it is envisaged that the President will be elected by the members of this Council. In any event, Clause 23 remains operative and the President should lawfully exercise his power even if the Council is dissolved.
TIBATI
Clause 25/1s necessary to ensure that the house Keeping of the Council is still under control even when the Council is not sitting, we therefore propÓBA
no amendments.
Having dealt with Glanses for which we have not asked for amzdinate I wish to tum now to the questim of defemmt. It har beeg urged upon us that the bill may still require amendment in one WAY DE the other. I have gone through the 15 sets of fresh Tepresentations and found that the points of subatance have either been covered in the new text or are dealt with by further amendmenta, e.g. the word 'insult' in Clause 19(a), and Mr Harvey Stockwin's liberal interpretation of Clause 14(2) on Sunday the 23rd, The other comments & show a divergence of 3014350, 6.9. & great. majority of organizations accept the new Clause 23 as amended, The Civic Association and the Hong Kong Federation of Catholic Students ask for its deletion
altogether.
the
The Hong Kong Affairs Bociety accepts the new text of the bill;/other organizations continue to pick up points
There are also from earl other and ask for further amendmenta.
many philosophical points made on how the Legislative Council should develop in the future. Also many District Board membera have already made known their views to us without a formal