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and 349 supplementaries in the previous
and
questions
on
a
number of specific policy issues.<< Pacellio)
compared with 179
session, and held debates
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26.
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en
Thus the 1985-86 session saw a marked increase in the volume
of business conducted by the Council.
It was characterised by
lively and at time heated debate on important issues such as the
safety of the future nuclear power plant at Daya Bay in Guangdong
province of the People's Republic of China and the further
development of representative government in the territory. Pacello)
27.
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The increasingly vigorous style of Council proceedings and
the tendency for Councillors to air their differences openly, rather
closed session, as in the past, 1986787 session.
than
in
has
The debate on the motion
continued into the
of thanks for the
Governor's opening address, during which almost all members spoke,
was dominated by
discussion of the direction which the further
development of Hong Kong's system o f representative government
should take. Views were 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 already debated
include medical services, public housing rental policy care of the
elderly, industrial safety and education. <Pa Lexis)
The 1987 Review
(013)...
سلسلة
28.
In line with the commitment in the 1984 White Paper, the Hong
Kong Government will undertake a further review of the progress of
the development of representative government in 1987. A Green Paper
will be published, following which there will be a period of public
consultation.
A White Paper setting out the Government' S
intentions, the light of public opinion expressed, will then be
published. The main issues on which the views of the public will be
sought include whether there should be further changes in the
composition of the Legislative Council, and whether the
in
should continue
to be
President of the
Legislative
Governor
Council.
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