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FRIDAY, AUGUST 23,
ACCOMPANYING SENATOR DOLE WERE SENATORS JAMES MCCLURE, PE DOMENICI, PETE WILSON, BILL COHEN, DAN EVANS, AND PATRICK MOYN. TOGETHER WITH MR MARIÓN OGLESBY, ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS,
+THERE WAS A GENERAL EXCHANGE OF VIEWS WHICH CAN ONLY HEL. TO ENSURE THAT THE POSITION OF HONG KONG IS BETTER UNDERSTOOD THE UNITED STATES, SAID MR HO.
REGIONAL COUNCIL
MORE DIRECT ROLE FOR PEOPLE ******
THE DECISION TO ESTABLISH A NEW REGIONAL COUNCIL HAD BEEN MADE IN RESPONSE TO THE NEED TO GIVE THE PEOPLE LIVING OUTSI THE URBAN AREA THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY A MORE DIRECT PART IN LOCAL ADMINISTRATION,
THIS WAS STATED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE WHEN OPENING THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL CHAMBERS IN TSUEN WAN THIS AFTERNOON.
+ IT REPRESENTED A FURTHER STEP IN THE PROGRESSIVE DEVELOPMENT JF OUR SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT. AND WAS A REFLECTION OF THE GENERA!. WISH THAT THERE SHOULD BE GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN GOVERNMENT, HE SAID.
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THE CONCEPT OF CREATING A REGIONAL COUNCIL AS +A SIGNIFICANT STEP IN THE EVOLUTION OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT AND ONE OF THE IMPORTANT BUILDING BLOCKS IN THE STRUCTURE OF REPRESENTATION WHICH WE HAVE BEEN CREATING OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS+, HE SAID.
THE FIRST TIER OF THIS STRUCTURE, HE SAID, WAS FORMED BY THE 19 DISTRICT BOARDS IN WHICH LOCAL INFLUENCE COULD BE BROUGHT DIRECTLY TO BEAR ON THE MANAGEMENT OF DISTRICT AFFAIRS.
ABOVE THEM WERE THE TWO COUNCILS
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THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE REGIONAL COUNCIL CONCERNED WITH THE PROVISION OF MUNICIPAL SERVICES, CARE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL PROGRAMMES FOR THE PEOPLE.
ABOVE THE TWO COUNCILS WAS A THIRD TIER, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE AMONG ITS MEMBERS 12 PERSONS ELECTED FROM DISTRICT BOARDS AND TWO MIDDLE-LEVEL COUNCILS.
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