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by some Members just now. There are some discrepancies between what they have quoted and what I have actually said. This may lead to disputes and I have to stand up and clarify my point again. It doesn't matter how you put it, but please don't distort my meaning, thank you.
CHAIRMAN (in Cantonese): Therefore I think that the safest way is not to mention other people's names, you can just say 'someone'. If you mention a person's name, and unintentionally quote a wrong fact and then arrive at a conclusion involving the person's character and behaviour, and I think that the conclusion is offensive and calumnious, I will stop you. If you insist on doing so (mentioning names), you should follow the rules of the game. I just want to remind you. Since you have already mentioned the names, I will not ask you to withdraw your speech. However, I do hope that we will stop mentioning other Councillors' names to avoid embarrassment, OK? That's it. The next one going to speak is Ms. Grace AU.
Ms. GRACE AU YUK-HAN (in Cantonese): Mr. Chairman, in today's Annual Conventional Debate, I would like to focus my speech on two issues. The first one is the formulation of Five-Year Plans by the Select Committees of the Council, and the second one is the problems of hawker control and market management.
In the past year, the various Select Committees of the Council have formulated their own Five-Year Plans. The formulation of Five-Year Plans can, on one hand, allow Committee members to have a more comprehensive and in-depth study on the existing policies and the actual situation of implementation and on the other, it enables the relevant Select Committee to set long-term targets for its work, its allocation of resources and the means of implementation of its policies in the coming five years.
I am the Chairman of the Working Group on Drafting the Recreation Select Committee's Five-Year Plan. Since the setting up of this Working Group in May 1996, its members and I have first reviewed the existing provision of recreational activities, the hiring of venues, our subsidizing policies and construction plan for recreational facilities in the coming five years, etc. Subsequently, the Working Group has recommended to select some sports activities for key development. Apart from allocating additional funds to provide middle level training for such activities, the Working Group also suggested to strengthen the provision of recreational activities for the elderly, the handicapped and students. The Working Group is now drafting a consultation paper and public consultation is expected to be carried out in March 1997. Other Select Committees also conduct such form of public consultation which I think is a measure worth adopting. The reason is that it will make a breakthrough in the Council's past image of lacking in openness and transparency, or even being self-secluded. Moreover, such public
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