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important issues such as the safety of the future nuclear

further development of

power plant at Daya Bay, and the further

representative government in the territory.

The increasingly vigorous style of Council

proceedings and the tendency for Councillors to air their

differences openly, rather than in closed session, as in

the past, has been maintained into the 1985/1986

session.

thanks for the

Views were

The debate on the motion of

Governor's opening address, during which all but a few

members spoke, was dominated by discussion of thedirection

which the further development of Hong Kong's system of

representative government should take.

expressed strongly for and against rapid changes. in the

present system. The current session has also seen the

Council adopt the practice of holding an adjournment

debate at the close of virtually every sitting. Issues

2 already debated include the delivery of medical services,

public housing rental policy, care of the elderly,

industrial safety and education.

The 1987 Review.

In line with the commitment in the

the 1984 White

Paper, the Hong Kong Government will undertake a further

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