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Tuesday, April 3, 1973
RECONSTITUTED URBCO GETS DOWN TO WORK
The new Urban Council held its first meeting today when its 24-
member Standing Committee formally endorsed the election of Mr. A. de O. Sales
as the Council's first non-Government Chairman, and Mr. Hilton Cheong-Leen
as the Vice-Chairman.
Items which the Council then immediately discussed included the
Council's budget, its new Select Committee structure in the coming year and
the Keep Hong Kong Clean Campaign. These will be tabled at the Council's
first open meeting on April 10.
Today's discussions lasted for nearly an hour.
Mr. Sales, on taking the chair, paid tribute to the outgoing Chairman,
Mr. David Alexander, for his hard work, ability and scrupulously correct manner
in dealing with Councillors and Council affairs over the past years.
"Mr. Alexander was a gentleman at all times and we appreciated
greatly his co-operation and ability," Mr. Sales said.
To his fellow Councillors Mr. Sales said that it would be in the
interest of the Urban Council that all Select Committees worked closely in
the discharge of their respective responsibilities.
After the meeting Mr. Sales paid a visit to his new office in the
City Hall where he met the people who will be working with him as well as
Mr. Darwin Chan, the City Hall Manager.
Mr. Sales said that the office would be used by the Council for meeting
and welcoming local and visiting dignitaries, as well as such local citizens who
may have cause to want to see him.
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