Should I show my support?
I do not think I will
be much wiser than the idiot in the
Sutra'.
'Hundred Parable
Electoral Provisions (Amendment) Bill 1988 wishes
to cut off the existing link between the Urban Council and
Yet we have not been told whether
the district boards
new link will be established and should that new link be
established, what sort of a link will it be and how will
is the new version of the
In introducing such a Bill and
it be established. This Bill
Bill is
three-storeyed building.
pass it, is the Administration treating us
asking us to pass
like the idiot in the 'Hundred Parable Sutra'? Or is the
Administration trying to make idiots of
all? Perhaps
the White Paper tabled today will be able to give us more
information on this Bill. However, we are not supermen
capable of giving our attention to two different issues at
the same time or taking in 10 lines of print in one goal.
Nor are we lunatics who think that we can make correct
decisions on our own without consulting our voters. IS
the Government treating us as idiots or supermen or
lunatics? We are merely men: neither idiots nor supermen
nor lunatics.
Sir, what is more regrettable is this sets a very
bad precedent of taking actions first and providing
explanations only after the event. It is
is a reflection of
subconsciousness which regards the Legislative Council as
a 'rubber stamp'. The Bill has not yet been enacted but
it has already
Councillors
created
certain
facts.
the Urban E
fun on
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