TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1985
URBAN COUNCIL TO CONSULT GOVERNOR ON MUSEUM
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THE URBAN COUNCIL TODAY AGREED THAT THE GOVERNOR SHOULD BE CONSULTED ON THE COUNCIL'S PROPOSALS CONCERNING A MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.
+ IT IS HOPED THAT A MEETING CAN BE ARRANGED SOON AFTER SIR EDWARD YOUDE RETURNS FROM HIS PRESENT VISIT TO LONDON,+ SAID A COUNCIL SPOKESMAN.
AT TODAY'S MEETING OF THE COUNCIL'S STANDING COMMITTEE, MEMBERS AGREED UNANIMOUSLY THAT SUCH A MEETING WITH THE GOVERNOR SHOULD BE THE COUNCIL'S NEXT STEP.
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD BE REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRMAN, MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN.
APPOINTMENTS TO BE CONFIRMED
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A BILL SEEKING TO CONFIRM THE APPOINTMENT OF AN URBAN COUNCILLOR AND FOUR DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE THIS FRIDAY AND INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FOR ALL THREE READINGS NEXT WEDNESDAY (JUNE 12).
THEY ARE URBAN COUNCILLOR, MR MARVIN CHEUNG KIN-TUNG DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER FOR KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI, MR JAMES TIEN PEI-CHUN- MEMBER FOR SAI KUNG, MR JOSEPH KONG HON-HING, AND MEMBERS FOR SHA TIN, MR LEE KWONG AND MR JUSTEIN C. WONG.
AT THE TIME THE FIVE MEMBERS WERE APPOINTED, ALTHOUGH THEY WERE ELIGIBLE TO BE REGISTERED AS ELECTORS, THEY WERE NOT SO REGISTERED UNDER THE ELECTORAL PROVISIONS ORDINANCE. TO BE REGISTERED IS A REQUIREMENT FOR APPOINTMENT UNDER THE URBAN COUNCIL ORDINANCE AND DISTRICT BOARDS ORDINANCE.
THE PUBLIC BODIES (CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTED MEMBERS) (TEMPORARY PROVISIONS) BILL 1985 TO BE PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY SEEKS TO CONFIRM THEIR APPOINTMENT UNTIL JANUARY 1986, TO ENABLE THESE FIVE PERSONS TO CONTINUE TO ACT AS MEMBERS OF THE BODIES TO WHICH THE GOVERNOR HAS APPOINTED THEM. BY JANUARY 1986 THEY WILL HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REGISTER AND THUS BE LISTED IN THE FINAL ELECTORAL ROLL.
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