TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1984
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THE PRESENCE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF BUSINESS, INDUSTRY AND THE PROFESSIONAL IN THE HIGHER COUNCILS OF GOVERNMENT HAD LONG BEEN A FEATURE OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.
+NEXT YEAR THIS LINK IS BEING STRENGTHENED BY ASKING THESE GROUPS AND THE PRINCIPAL PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS TO SELECT AND ELECT THE IR OWN REPRESENTATIVES TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL,+ HE SAID.
DURING THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, THE METHOD OF ELECTION, DECIDING WHO HAD THE RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ELECTIONS AND HOW THOSE ELECTIONS WOULD BE HELD, WOULD BE AGREED WITH THE VARIOUS ORGANISATIONS CONCERNED IN TIME FOR THE NECESSARY LEGISLATION TO BE ENACTED.
HE WAS SURE, HE SAID, THAT THE PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS CONCERNED WOULD GRASP THIS CHANCE TO SELECT THEIR OWN REPRESENTATIVES AND HAVE A DIRECT VOICE IN THE COUNCILS OF GOVERNMENT,
MR AKERS-JONES SAID THAT THE HONG KONG LEGISLATURE, LIKE ANY OTHER LEGISLATURE, WAS ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE AS A WHOLE, WHILE REPRESENTATIVES WOULD BRING THEIR EXPERT KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE TO BEAR. THEY WOULD ALSO HAVE TO RELATE THIS RESPONSIBILITY TO A MORE GENERAL BACKGROUND AND TO THE WIDER
PUBLIC INTEREST.
THE SYMPOSIUM WAS AN INDICATION OF HOW RESPONSIBLY THE PROFESSIONALS VIEWED THE IR TASK IN THE YEARS AHEAD, HE SAID.
NT TAXI BOUNDARY EXTENDED ***
THE GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL HAS APPROVED THE EXTENSION OF THE OPERATING BOUNDARY FOR NEW TERRITORIES TAXIS TO THE PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL IN SHA TIN, A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
THE NEW BOUNDARY LIMIT IS EXPECTED TO TAKE EFFECT SOME TIME IN DECEMBER, PENDING ERECTION OF TRAFFIC SIGNS.
+NT TAXIS WILL SOON BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES BETWEEN THE EASTERN NEW TERRITORIES AND THE CASUALTY UNIT OF THE HOSPITAL WHICH WAS OPENED RECENTLY, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE ACCESS ROUTE FOR THESE TAXIS TO THE HOSPITAL WILL BE VIA TAI PO ROAD, SHA TIN ROAD (ROAD T1), SLIP ROAD TO SHA TIN WAI ROAD, SHA TIN WAI ROAD, NGAN SHING STREET AND CHAP WAI KON STREET.
/THE ROUTING