May I, Sir, say a few words on
the question of Heung Yee Kuk and, in particular,
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some of the statements arising by Professor Poon.
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no being made. Sir,
the suggestions
the Heung Yee Kuk and I had, on a number of occasions,
presented their view and cases to you and to the Administration. Never, as in the White Paper or,
for that matter, in the Green Paper, —or at any time has the Government made any statement
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that the Heung Yee Kuk does not fulfil the criteria as laid down in the Green or White Papers, to be qualif
as a functional constituency. Nevertheless, the
Government has indicated that, because the Kuk is not a trade or professional organisation or body of a territorial-wide nature, henee their appeal to be included to be a functional constituency has been denied. I doubted Professor Poon's knowledge
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New Scvetaus about NT affairs and his participation in matters, apart from pig-waste legislation. I am disappointed that the Governor has not appeased recognise the strength of the Kuk's case for a functional constituency seat, especially in the light of the past and present
valuable contributions they have made which, I feel,
truly deserve recognition by the Government, in support-
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In the light of the many bodies
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and organisations requesting consideration as a functional constituency, I feel I should take this opportunity
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to urge that it would be helpful for the Government to specifically lay down the total number of seats
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in this Council in the coming years which should,
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in future, be allocated functional constituency
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Sir, I agree with the objectives