FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1989
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CO-OPTED MEMBERS' ROLE CLARIFIED
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THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL, MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG, REITERATED TODAY THAT DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAD BEEN APPOINTED TO THE COUNCIL'S DISTRICT COMMITTEES WOULD SERVE ONLY ON A PERSONAL BASIS.
HE WAS COMMENTING ON NEWSPAPER REPORTS ON THE APPOINTMENT OF CO-OPTED MEMBERS TO THE DISTRICT COMMITTEE AT THE MONTHLY MEETING OF THE COUNCIL.
REFERRING TO SUGGESTIONS THAT DISTRICT BOARDS SHOULD BE INVITED TO NOMINATE THEIR REPRESENTATIVES TO THE DISTRICT COMMITTEES, MR CHEUNG POINTED OUT THAT THERE IS ALREADY AN ARRANGEMENT FOR DISTRICT BOARDS TO BE FORMALLY REPRESENTED ON THE COUNCIL.
+THEY ARE THE REPRESENTATIVE MEMBERS WHO ARE FULL MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL. THEY ARE ELECTED BY THE DISTRICT BOARDS AND THEY PROVIDE A FORMAL TIE BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND THE DISTRICT BOARDS, MR CHEUNG SAID.
+FURTHERMORE, WE HAVE DECIDED THAT THE REPRESENTATIVE MEMBERS WILL BE APPOINTED AS CHAIRMEN OF THE NINE DISTRICT COMMITTEES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS, THEREBY ENSURING THAT THE COUNCIL'S ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT IN THE DISTRICT ARE COORDINATED BY SOMEONE WHO HAS A DEEP KNOWLEDGE AND KEEN UNDERSTANDING OF LOCAL CONDITIONS.+
MR CHEUNG RECALLED THAT AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING ON AUGUST 9. MEMBERS HAD TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION THE DESIRABILITY OF FORGOING A LINK WITH THE DISTRICT BOARDS AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL.
+WE HAVE THEREFORE DECIDED TO INVITE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ALSO DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS TO JOIN OUR DISTRICT COMMITTEES ON A PERSONAL BASIS, MR CHEUNG SAID.
MR CHEUNG SAID THAT THE APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO THE DISTRICT COMMITTEES WAS STRICTLY AN INTERNAL MATTER FOR THE COUNCIL TO DECIDE AS PROVIDED FOR IN SECTION 11 OF THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL ORDINANCE.
UNDER THE ORDINANCE, THE COUNCIL IS VESTED WITH THE POWER TO APPOINT COMMITTEES WITH THE PROVISO THAT MORE THAN ONE HALF OF THOSE APPOINTED TO COMMITTEES MUST BE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
THE COUNCIL AGREED THAT FORMAL LETTERS SHOULD NOW BE SENT TO THOSE NOMINATED TO INVITE THEM TO JOIN THE DISTRICT COMMITTEES AS CO-OPTED MEMBERS IN THEIR PERSONAL CAPACITY.
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