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worried that this will break the link between the Central Government and the District Boards, and it will be more
difficult for councillors to reflect the interests of the
districts.
In order to allay such worries, the
Government should really step up the link with the District Boards; more senior officials should be sent to the District Board meetings and meetings of the sub-committees and the Government should try its best to help the pistrict Boards to solve district problems. At the same time, arrangements
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should be made to maintain a direct link between the pistrict Board and the Legislative Council. In this respect, whatever the decision is to be made in future concerning the drawing up of the new constituency boundaries, the Government should make sure that Legislative Councillors to be directly elected
will also from the districts should be extofficio (2) District Board
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They will become. the bridge between the Legislative
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Council and the District Boards.
Sir, the Government has made a resolute decision
in the publication of the, White Paper. It has already set down a clear direction of future political development.
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is indeed very wise. This is much better than indecisiveness
and letting debates go on endlessly.
Sir, with these remarks,I support the motion.
PROF POON:
Sir, I am pleased to see
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that the White Paper has covered both the points I addressed during the motion debates on the Green Paper and on the Survey Office Report and adopted a cautious approach in effecting
acciptatec changes. On the whole I find the White Paper I strongly - 30 support what has been said under the general objective of the
31 White Paper, that a system of Government has to evolve as -32 Hong Kong society develops so as to ensure that the
Government continues to have the support of the community and be responsive and effective. It is indeed true that Hong Kong's stability and prosperity owe much to consistent policies and prudent development. Reform needs to evolve gradually
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