be too late for the district board
elections in March.
The fourth question we asked was, but what was the public
response on this particualar issue
issue then? And the answer
was, the majority of the people polled opted for no
change. And the next question was, well, why then change
it? The answer was, to bring it in line with that
presently in force in the Regional Council area. And the
next question was, why then did the Government not put the
whole proposal to the public in the Green Paper. The
Because answer was not given but I know why. Becuase if you were
or
if the Government were to put that proposal forward in
relation to this single issue, then it would not find an
excuse of not having also to put forward a proposal
instead of introduction of direct election in 1988.
The question we have to look at is this, Sir, by
bring the amendments by two instalments, what are we doing
to the so-called political review? Members of the public,
members of the district boards, members of the Urban
Council and Members of this Council were not given an
opportunity to access the new link between the district
boards and the Urban Council as an entire package. And
then the Government has not decided contrary to the
majority views expressed in the polls to bring about
change. Is the Government not adopting double standards,
Sir? On the issue of direct election in 1988, the
Government's view is, well, because the public's views are
divided, we do not propose to make any change until