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The proposals contained in the Corrupt and Illegal Practices (Amendment) Bill 1987 before Council today which forbids a candidate to use the name of another person in
without, the supporter's prior consent, in writing support of "his election campaign/are in line with the spirit
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the of $16, in that the candidate should be truthful in providing information about himself, and the integrity of a fair and honest election must be safeguarded. Indeed, it is public knowledge that in the 1985 Urban Council election, there were
genuine cases when candidates used the names of well-known
public figures in Hong Kong to endorse their own election
campaigns without proper prior consents
pricing
being properly obtained.
The results of
public consultation on the 1986 review on District Administration; and the 1987 Review of Developments in
Representative Government borne out the need to legislate
against such undesirable practices.
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Mr. Desmond LEE and Mr. Martin LEE
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Sir, it is unfortunate that this bill gazetted at
such a late stage on 27 November 1987, and the Legislative
Council is only given 12 days to scrutinise the bill and decide on whether it should be supported, amended or rejected. Two members of the Ad hoc Group/had already criticized the Administration for the delay and suffice it to
say that in so far as their remarks described the pressure
created on the Legislative Council and the possible injustice
occurred (austa.. it may have caused to the public, because of a lack of time
A for our deliberation and taking into account public views they reflect the sentiment of the Ad hoc group. The Administration
should ensure that similar situations will not again occur.
However, Members of the Legislative Council who
attended the in-house meeting on the 27 November 1987
supported the Bill on the principle that the integrity of an
honest election must be safeguarded.
Hence an Xa poc Group Hence Ad
was formed to scrutinise the Bill. We held meetings from
the following Monday to Thursday and discussed in depth the