MR. SZETO (in Cantonese):
support the
Sir, I cannot
The limit of
Electoral Provisions (Amendment) Bill 1988.
my self-restraint is such that even if I am not going to
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vote against it, will abstain from voting altogether.
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the three-tier system
In
system of our government, do we need a
definite link between the Urban Council and the district
board and how should we build this link? In our existing
system, we already have had such a link and this link goes
downwards from top to bottom. I am also in favour of
having this link. But it should be built upwards from the
bottom to the top.
This is more in line with democratic
principles so that accountability is clearer. I advocate
reversing the downward link to an upward link.
In the Buddhist 'Hundred Parable Sutra',
we have
a story entitled 'Three-storeyed building'. It satirises
an idiot
idiot who wanted to build a three-storeyed building
without the ground or the first floor. Today, we have a
new version of that story. This three-storeyed building
in fact has a flight of stairs between the ground floor
and the first floor. Even though it is not well built, it
serves its purpose.
However, we have been refused
flight
information on whether another alight of stairs will be
built or how will it look like if it is rebuilt - will it
be better worse?
or
And yet, we have been told or asked
to decide on whether we should
demolish the existing
flight of stairs.