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WEDY.LMAY, JULY 10, 1985
AS TO THE FUNCTION AND POWERS OF THE COUNCIL, HE APPRECIATED THAT THE BILL DID NOT SEEK TO LIMIT THE REGIONAL COUNCIL'S POWER TO THE +REGIONAL COUNCIL AREAS+ AND HE HOPED A SIMILAR AMENDMENT
THIS PROVISION WOULD BE MADE TO THE URBAN COUNCIL ORDINANCE. WOULD ALLOW MORE FLEXIBILITY AND ENABLE AMICABLE COOPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO COUNCILS AND FOR THEM TO WORK TOGETHER UNDER APPROPRIATE CIRCUMSTANCES.
ON THE NAME OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL IN CHINESE, MR CHEUNG SAID THAT THE SUGGESTION BY A MEMBER, DR HO MAN-WUI, HAD THE BLESSING OF THE COUNCIL.
+WE APPRECIATE THAT 'NON-URBAN AREAS' HAS BEEN CHANGED TO 'REGIONAL COUNCIL AREAS'.
+WE WOULD FURTHER APPRECIATE IF THE NAMES IN CHINESE CAN BE MODIFIED ACCORDINGLY.+
WORK OF COUNCILS SHOULD COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER
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THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A REGIONAL COUNCIL SOUGHT TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT, AS WELL AS TO ENRICH THE CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL LIFE OF RESIDENTS IN THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AREA, DR THE HON KIM CHAM SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING DURING THE SECOND READING OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL BILL 1985, DR CHAM SAID, HOWEVER, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A REGIONAL COUNCIL WITH FUNCTIONS AND POWERS SIMILAR TO THE URBAN COUNCIL DID HAVE SIGNIFICANCE FOR BOTH COUNCILS.
WHILE THIS BILL WOULD IN THE MAIN FOLLOW THE FORMAT OF THE URBAN COUNCIL ORDINANCE IT DID DIFFER FROM THE EXISTING ORDINANCE IN A NUMBER OF RESPECTS, HE SAID.
AS THE URBAN COUNCIL WAS PRESENTLY CONSIDERING PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO ITS OWN ORDINANCE THIS MIGHT RESULT IN THE NEED FOR AMENDMENTS TO RESOLVE ANY INCONSISTENCIES BETWEEN THE TWO ORDINANCES.
+AMENDMENTS MAY ALSO BE SUGGESTED TO ENABLE THE TWO COUNCILS TO WORK TOGETHER MORE EFFECTIVELY, FOR IT IS SURELY IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG THAT THE TWO COUNCILS CAN WORK TOGETHER HARMONIOUSLY FOR THE COMMON GOOD, HE SAID.
+ IT IS THEREFORE IMPORTANT FOR THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO RECOGNISE THE POSSIBLE NEED TO FURTHER AMEND THIS BILL EVEN AFTER ENACTMENT,+ HE ADDED.
+1 DO RECOGNISE THE IMPORTANCE FOR THIS BILL TO BE PASSED TODAY TO SET IN MOTION THE ELECTORAL MACHINERY WHICH WILL CULMINATE IN ELECTIONS TO THE REGIONAL COUNCIL NEXT MARCH. +
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