TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1984
LEGCO TO HEAR ABOUT GOVERNMENT INTENTIONS ON LOCAL ADMINISTRATION
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THE GOVERNMENT'S INTENTIONS ON THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG'S SYSTEM OF LOCAL ADMINISTRATION, AFTER TAKING INTO ACCOUNT PUBLIC COMMENTS, WILL BE MADE KNOWN IN A STATEMENT BY THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR DENIS BRAY, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TOMORROW.
THE PROPOSALS HAD BEEN ANNOUNCED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, IN A STATEMENT IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING ON FEBRUARY 15.
SIR PHILIP HAD SAID AT THAT TIME THAT THE STATEMENT HAD BEEN MADE IN ORDER TO EXPLAIN THE STATE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S THINKING AS REGARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR SYSTEM OF LOCAL ADMINISTRATION.+
+THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSALS WILL BE, HOPE, SELF-EVIDENT:
I IT IS TO CREATE MORE EVEN AND SYMMETRICAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WHOLE OF HONG KONG AND TO BRING ABOUT A GREATER DEGREE OF DIRECT PARTICIPATION IN THE RUNNING OF OUR INCREASINGLY COMPLEX SOCIETY.
+1 AM SURE THERE WILL BE A POSITIVE RESPONSE TO THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THIS WILL PRESENT FOR THOSE ANXIOUS TO TAKE PART IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT DISTRICT AND REGIONAL LEVEL,+ SIR PHILIP HAD SAID.
IN MAKING HIS STATEMENT, SIR PHILIP HAD ALSO EMPHASISED THAT PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSALS WOULD BE WELCOMED AND THE FURTHER ADVICE OF DISTRICT BOARDS AND THE ADVICE OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK, WOULD BE SOUGHT, AS WOULD THE VIEWS OF THE URBAN COUNCIL.
THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WILL ALSO BE DEALING TOMORROW WITH 16 BILLS, AS WELL AS NINE QUESTIONS.
THE QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED BY UNOFFICIALS WILL DEAL WITH SUCH MATTERS AS THE SUPERVISION OF DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES, ADVERTISEMENTS OFFERING ADVICE ON EMIGRATION MATTERS, THE SAFETY IN OCEAN PARK'S +WATER WORLD+, SPEED LIMITS, GAMBLING POLICY, THE PREVENTION OF HEPATITIS B, AND EARLY DIAGNOSIS AND MEDICAL TREATMENT OF INFANTS.
THE NINE BILLS DUE FOR THEIR FIRST AND SECOND READINGS ARE:
* LANDLORD AND TENANT (CONSOLIDATION) (AMENDMENT) BILL
1984, MAX ING FURTHER AMENDMENTS TO THE PRINCIPAL ORDINANCE AS PART OF THE PROCESS OF CONTINUOUS REVIEW;
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LANDS TRIBUNAL (AMENDMENT) BILL 1984, GIVING THE TRIBUNAL THE POWER TO RECEIVE AND HEAR EVIDENCE ON REVIEW;
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