PROF. POON (in Cantonese):
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Sir, I thank you for the
groung me
opportunity to speak on the Bill. Originally I do not intend to speak to this Bill put having heard Mr. SZETO Wah,I feel
obliged to say a few words.
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I am a member of the ad hoc group studying this
Bill and I have a degree of understanding of this Bill.
the Bill As far as my understanding serves me, # enables someone
to be at the same time an Urban Councillor and a district
is a liberating measure, not a measure
board member. It
tightening measure,
liberalising
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tiling up and certainly not as Mr. SZETO Wah has said, it
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is tearing down the link or bridge or
the
staircase between
the Urban Council and district boards. The passage of
this Bill will enable the methods proposed in the White
Paper concerning the link between the two to be effected.
those If this Bill is not passed then there are members who wish
to be simultaneously Urban Council and district board
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members, not to be able to do so.
Sir, with these remarks, I support the motion.