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ME CHUNG Pui iam
(In Cantonese),
Sir, in a word, the White Paper published in February, 1988, seems like a new policy document with the emphasis on 1991€ as a new target date for development. Paragraph 29 of the White Paper says and I quote: "The Government
has therefore decided that in 1991 there should be ten
directly elected seats, one for each of the ten district-band
constituencies and that these should take the place of the
They ten seats currently being filled by indirect elections from the District Boards Such a measure directly negates the spirit of having elections in 1988, and is a departure from the affirmative attitude taken towards the present electoral college system comprising district boards. The
White Paper considers there should be directly elected and
indirectly elected seats simultaneously in the two municipal
councils but not in the Legislative Council. To have two
different différence-approaches within the same system of election
is difficult to understand given the functions of members of these councils. Major changes, if they are to be made, should take into account the following three points:
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The district boards among the three tiers of
government have been recognised by the public
as the most representative element in this Council.
From 1985 to 1997, the first six years we have
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the Electoral College for the last six years,
the first year of which we have directly elected
per cent seats that constitute less than 18% of this Council,
but at the same time, the Government wishes to abolish the lectoral College comprising Pistrict Boards. In view of the schedule of necessary changes up to 1997, this arrangement is tantamount
to going slow now and moving quickly later. The
pace of reaching greater coordination should be
accelerated in keeping with the principle of introducing changes gradually.