WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1981
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CIVIC-MINDED ORGANISATIONS HANG BANNERS FOR WORTHY CAUSES ON FLYOVERS AND PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES AND YEARS LATER THE REMNANTS HANG IN TATTERS AS ANOTHER CONTRIBUTION TO CIVIC SQUALOR.
+CLEANLINESS, LIKE CHARITY, BEGINS AT HOME, SAID MR LOBO. +AND I HOPE THAT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND PUBLIC ORGANISATIONS WILL SET AN EXAMPLE TO THE REST OF US.
+CLOSER ATTENTION TO THE IMPACT WHICH PUBLIC PROGRAMMES HAVE ON THE INDIVIDUALS AND MORE EVIDENT CONCERN FOR THE IMMEDIATE CIRCUMSTANCES OF DAILY LIFE COULD DO MUCH TO GIVE OUR SOCIETY THE SENSE OF PURPOSE AND DIRECTION WHICH WE MAY OTHERWISE BE LOSING.
+YOU SPOKE, SIR, OF THE QUALITIES OUR SOCIETY ASPIRES TO: TO BE TECHNICALLY ADVANCED, VALUED AND RESPECTED | HUMBLY ADD · THE QUALITY OF SELF-RESPECT?+
MR LOBO ALSO TOUCHED ON THE WORK OF THE UNOFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS.
HE SAID THE 27 UNOFFICIALS GIVE ONLY A VERY SMALL PROPORTION OF THEIR PUBLIC SERVICE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL CHAMBER AND SPEND MUCH MORE TIME ON OTHER PUBLIC COMMITTEES IN STUDYING THE IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT POLICIES, OR MEETING GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH PROBLEMS AND GRIEVANCES.
THEY ARE HOLDING OVER 300 SEATS ON A WIDE RANGE OF PUBLIC BOARDS AND COMMITTEES DEALING WITH EVERY ASPECT OF PUBLIC LIFE.
AT THE SAME TIME THEY ARE GIVING DETAILED ATTENTION TO SPECIFIC AREAS OF GOVERNMENT POLICY ON 17 STANDING GROUPS AND AN EVEN LARGER NUMBER OF IN-HOUSE COMMITTEES EXAMINING INDIVIDUAL PROPOSALS AND PROBLEMS.
+THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL NEED NOT DEFER TO ANYONE AS TO CONCERN FOR THE WELL-BEING OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG AT EVERY LEVEL AND IN EVERY WALK OF LIFE.
+WE ARE WELL AWARE THAT BROAD PLANS AND POLICIES DO NOT SOLVE IMMEDIATE INDIVIDUAL PROBLEMS AND THAT THE QUALITY OF OUR SOCIETY IS JUDGED ULTIMATELY BY THE EXTENT TO WHICH, ON AN EVERY DAY BASIS, IT RESPECTS THE RIGHTS OF EVERY MEMBER, PROTECTS THE WEAK FROM THE STRONG AND IS IN EVERY WAY JUST AND FAIR.
+OUR FREE SOCIETY MUST ALWAYS BE FAIR,+ MR LOBO SAID,
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