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WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1978
HISTORICALLY. SHE ADDED. ACCORDING TO THE 1965 WORKING PARTY, THIS EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION FOR VOTERS WAS TO PROVIDE ONE CATEGORY OF VOTERS TO BE THOSE WITH A GOOD GENERAL EDUCATION+.
MISS BENNETT SAID THE UNOFFICIALS FORMED AN HOC GROUP ITH HER AS CONVENOR TO STUDY THE BILL. THE GROUP THOUGHT IT WISE NOT TO ENTER INTO AN OBVIOUSLY LENGTHY DEBATE, BEFORE THE PASSING OF THE BILL, ON WHETHER ALL HOLDERS OF THE PRESENT CERTIFICATE HAVE HAD A GOOD GENERAL EDUCATION+, TO AVOID DISFRANCHISING THOSE WITH THE FIVE SUBJECTS QUALIFICATION FOR THE FORTHCOMING URBAN COUNCIL ELECTION.
SHE POINTED OUT HOWEVER THAT SO MUCH IMPROVEMENT HAD BEEN AND WAS BEING MADE IN OUR SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM THAT THE WORDING OF THE BILL ON THIS PARTICULAR ASPECT CERTAINLY SEEMED OUT-OF-DATE.
+WE SHALL BE HONOURING THOSE IN THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WHO ARE ENDEAVOURING TO PROVIDE A MORE FLEXIBLE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, LESS BOUND TO A SYSTEM OF MARKS AND GRADES. WE SHALL BE ENSURING THAT THOSE WITH A GOOD GENERAL EDUCATION' HAVE THE VOTE,+ SHE SAID.
MISS BENNETT ALSO SUGGESTED EXAMINING THE WHOLE STRUCTURE OF THE URBAN COUNCIL TO WHICH SOME MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY CAN VOTE FOR 12 ELECTED MEMBERS OUT OF A TOTAL OF 24 MEMBERS.+
THE URBAN COUNCIL'S RESPONSIBILITIES CONCERN CLOSELY MANY ASPECTS OF THE CITIZEN'S DAILY LIFE. SUCH AS PUBLIC SANITATION AND MARKETS, HAWKERS AND PLACES OF PUBLIC RECREATION AND LEISURE, MATTERS WHICH CLOSELY AFFECT THE DAILY LIVES OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG AND KOWLOON.
+PEOPLE AT THE GRASS ROOTS LEVEL OF OUR COMMUNITY ARE SHOWING A GROWING CONCERN FOR THE PROBLEMS THEY FACE: WE WOULD DO WELL TO CONSIDER HOW THEY CAN MOST EFFECTIVELY EXPRESS THAT CONCERN FOR OTHERS THROUGH THE URBAN COUNCIL. BY THEIR SO DOING THE COMMUNITY OF HONG KONG WILL BE STRENGTHENED,+ SHE SAID.
THE URBAN COUNCIL (AMENDMENT) BILL 1978 WAS PASSED INTO LA IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
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