UMELCO
DRAFT SPEECH BY HON HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, CBE, JP LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 12.3.86
Regional Council (Amendment) Bill 1986
Sir,
I am pleased to support the Regional Council
(Amendment) Bill 1986.
Since the setting up of the Provisional Regional Council one year ago, members of the Urban Council and the Provisional Regional Council have met informally on a number of occasions to exchange views on matters of common interest falling within the responsibilities of both Councils.
With the passage of the Regional Council (Amendment) Bill 1986, the Regional Council will come into being on April 1, 1986. This should enable members of both the Regional and Urban Councils to strengthen their relationship even further and to co-ordinate activities, such as the Keep Hong Kong Clean Campaign, Flower Shows, cultural and sports activities, hawker matters, control of billiard saloons, etc on a territory-wide
basis.
It will be noted that the Bill proposes the Chinese
name of the Regional Council be changed from
11
區域議局
to
區域市政局
[FX FX". This has already been discussed in the Urban
Council which has no objection to such proposed change.
UMELCO