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FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1984
THE SECOND CHANNEL IS TO RUN FOR ELECTION IN THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES TO WHICH A PERSON BELONGS ACCORDING TO HIS PROFESSION.
+HE MAY THEN BE ELECTED TO BE A MEMBER OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND THEREAFTER THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, AND TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WITH HIS PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE,+ HE SAID.
MR BRAY ALSO CALLED ON THE PUBLIC TO REGISTER AS VOTERS AND EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO ELECT THE PEOPLE WHOM THEY THINK CAN SERVE THEM WELL.
+1 WOULD URGE YOU THEREFORE, WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE VIEWS ON THE GREEN PAPER AND WHATEVER THE DEGREE OF INTEREST YOU MAY HAVE IN RUNNING ELECTIONS, TO REGISTER AS A VOTER WHEN THE REGISTER OPENS ON AUGUST 15, 1984, + HE SAID.
CHANGES BEGAN SOME YEARS AGO: AKERS-JONES
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PROPOSALS IN THE GREEN PAPER ON REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE SEEN AS A CULMINATION OF CHANGES THAT BEGAN SOME YEARS AGO RATHER THAN A SUDDEN CHANGE OF DIRECTION.
THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS- JONES, SAID THIS TODAY (FRIDAY) AT A JOINT LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED SURVEYORS AND THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF SURVEYORS.
+THESE STARTED IN 1977 IN TSUEN WAN, AND GRADUALLY BUILT UP THROUGH ADVISORY BOARDS, DISTRICT BOARDS, POPULAR ELECTIONS, AND CHANGES IN URBAN COUNCIL ELECTION, UNTIL THESE CHANGES HAVE REACHED THE SHORES OF THE CENTRAL ORGANS OF GOVERNMENT, HE SAID.
+THEY SHOULD BE SEEN AS PART OF THE CHANGES WHICH HAVE BEEN SWEEPING HONG KONG IN THE LAST DECADE AND THEY ARE A PART, TOO, OF THE PROCESS OF FACING UP TO THE CHALLENGE OF THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.
+THEY REACH BACKWARD FOR THE IR STRENGTH AND DOWNWARD FOR THE ROOTS, THEY LOOK FORWARD IN STRENGTH FOR THE FUTURE.+
MR AKERS-JONES STRESSED THAT HONG KONG HAD NO RESOURCES BUT ITS PEOPLE, AND THE +MOBILISATION OF THOSE RESOURCES, THE IR UNIFICATION, THE SEARCH FOR A COMMON GOAL AND THE COMMON GOOD, AND THE ORGANISATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS NEEDED TO DEVELOP OUR PARTICULAR AND PECULIAR GENIUS. +
/+WE SHOULD