upplementary to Question No. 4.
LegCo meeting
28.5.86.
Mr. CHEONG-LEEN:
Sir, will the Chief Secretary confirm
that the preliminary work on carrying out such a review has already started and, if so,
the substance of my question
that
is to be taken fully into consideration ?
Chief Secretary:
Sir, the situation is being reviewed on a
publication of the White Paper, and
continuous basis through the period between
the last review and
the publication of the Green Paper next year and your point, Sir, will be fully taken into consideration.
Dr. CHIU: Sir, will the Government inform this Council of
the criteria in assessing
a
profession's eligibility for being
a functional constituency ?
Chief Secretary:
Sir, I can do no better than quote the Green Paper in 1984 which stressed that full weight should be given to the representation of the economic and professional sectors of Hong Kong's society which was so essential to the future confidence and prosperity.
Mr. Martin LEE: Sir, will the Administration please inform this Council whether the mass media would like to be represented in this Council or whether they would prefer to continue to play their independent role of critics of this Council, so that whenever we make a mistake they can write about it ?
Chief Secretary : Sir, the mass media, so far as I know, Sir, have not expressed a definitive opinion but certainly, Sir, I think the point that Mr. Martin LEE has made about the need for an independent media is very well made.