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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