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The Chief Secretary: This is kept under review, Sir, but
it goes back to the answer which I gave to an earlier questions.
It depends really upon the representativeness of that
particular organisation in the field and there are particular
fields of social activity where there is more than one
particular body representing the field.
Mr. Tam Yiu-chung: Sir, will the Government consider
introducing election to get members to different boards
and committees as in, for instance, the Labour Advisory Board?
The Chief Secretary: Where that is appropriate it is considered,
Sir, but where we ask a particular body to nominate a
representative to sit on a board or committee, we leave it
to the organisation itself to decide in what way it arrives
at the nomination.
Miss Dunn: Sir, I don't believe the Chief Secretary has
adequately answered my question which was how the review
was undertaken. He said it was undertaken by the Secretary
for Administration. Can he say how this review was done and
how could it have been done without involving the main players
so to speak, that is, the members who serve on the committees?
The Chief Secretary: The Secretary for Administrative
Services and Information is the policy secretary involved
and he combed through all the committees to see for example the