SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1984
CALL FOR COMMENTS ON GREEN PAPER
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INDIVIDUALS AND EVERY SECTOR OF THE COMMUNITY ARE URGED TO EXPRESS THE IR VIEWS ON THE GREEN PAPER ON REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, TO ENABLE THE FORMULATION OF A SYSTEM THAT WILL MEET LOCAL NEEDS AND CIRCUMSTANCES.
THE CALL WAS MADE TODAY (SATURDAY) BY THE ACTING REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR ALBERT LAM, AT THE INAUGURATION OF THE EAST KOWLOON REGIONAL SCOUT COUNCIL.
HE DESCRIBED THE PROPOSALS FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN ADMINISTERING HONG KONG IN A PROGRESSIVE MANNER AS A SPRINGBOARD TO A DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM+.
+THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO COLLECT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE PUBLIC OPINION ON THESE PROPOSALS IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS FOR SUBMISSION TO THE GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL. +
TO THIS END, MR LAM URGED EVERY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO STUDY THE GREEN PAPER AND GIVE THEIR VIEWS TO VARIOUS DISTRICT OFFICES OR THE COUNCILS AND ADMINISTRATION BRANCH BECAUSE +PUBLIC OPINION IS THE BACKBONE OF THE CONCEPT OF THE NEW POLITICAL SYSTEM+.
HE ALSO MADE A SPECIAL APPEAL TO GROUPS AND ORGANISATIONS, INCLUDING DISTRICT BOARDS, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, OWNERS CORPORATIONS, AREA COMMITTEES, KAIFONG ASSOCIATIONS, CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, CULTURAL ORGANISATIONS AND INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL GROUPS TO COMMENT ON THE PAPER IN A POSITIVE MANNER.
+ THE THREE (YY MAIN THEMES PARTICIPATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE →→ ARE APPLICABLE TO NOT ONLY YOUNG PEOPLE, BUT ALSO TOQ OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY, HE SAID.
*ONLY WITH PEOPLE'S PARTICIPATION WE CAN WEATHER THE CHALLENGE OF THE TIME, AND PARTICIPATION CAN START WITH DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AND THE REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.
+ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE DISTRICT BOARDS IN THE PAST THREE YEARS ARE EVIDENT TO ALL, AND REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT WILL HAVE A FAR-REACHING INFLUENCE ON HONG KONG'S FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND THE WORKING OF THE GOVERNMENT.
+POSITIVE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS THEREFORE OF GREAT IMPORTANCE,✦ HE ADDED.
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