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JUNE 26, 1985
HE PAID TRIBUTE ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT TO THE PATIENT, RESPONSIBLE AND TIRELESS MANNER IN WHICH MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL HAD DISCHARGED THE IR RESPONSIBILITIES IN RELATION TO THE BILL.
+THEY HAVE NOT LOST SIGHT OF THE VITAL OBJECTIVE WHICH IS TO CREATE A STRONG AND EFFECTIVE LEGISLATURE, CAPABLE OF TAKING ITS PLACE IN THE CENTRE OF THE HONG KONG WE ARE ALL SEEKING TO CREATE.
+THEY HAVE LISTENED CAREFULLY TO NUMEROUS REPRESENTATIONS FROM MANY QUARTERS.
+WHERE THESE SUGGESTIONS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT WITH THE AIM OF CREATING AN EFFECTIVE LEGISLATURE THEY HAVE RECOMMENDED THAT THEY SHOULD BE ADOPTED.
+BUT WHERE THESE REPRESENTATIONS HAVE NOT BEEN CONSISTENT WITH THIS AIM THEY HAVE EXPLAINED THEIR REASONS FOR NOT SUPPORTING THEM.
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SIR DAVID ALSO STRESSED THAT THE BILL WAS A GOVERNMENT BILL.
+ IT WAS A GOVERNMENT PROPOSAL THAT WAS PUT TO THIS COUNCIL.
+THERE HAS BEEN NO ATTEMPT TO TAKE SHELTER BEHIND UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS AND TO SHUFFLE OFF RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT, OR TO HIDE, AS HAS BEEN SUGGESTED, BEHIND THE SKIRTS OF MISS TAM.
+TO THAT EXTENT THIS BILL IS A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY.
+BUT THE PASSAGE OF THIS BILL IS A MATTER FOR THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND ONCE IT HAD BEEN INTRODUCED INTO THIS COUNCIL IT WAS FOR THE LEGISLATURE TO MAKE UP ITS MIND ABOUT IT, HE SAID.
PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGE CONCEPT FAR REMOVED ******
THE AD HOC GROUP OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS SET UP TO STUDY THE POWERS AND PRIVILEGES BILL QUICKLY REALISED THAT THE CONCEPT OF PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGE WAS FAR REMOVED FROM THE ORDINARY LIFE OF PEOPLE IN HONG KONG, THE HON MARIA TAM SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MISS TAM, SPEAKING DURING THE THIRD READING OF THE BILL, SAID THE GROUP HAD AIMED AT RETAINING IN IT WHAT WAS IN FACT NECESSARY FOR THE COUNCIL TO FUNCTION EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY, AND CAST AS IDE WHAT WAS INHERENTLY UNNECESSARY.
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