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HE ADDED THAT IN HIS VIEW IT WOULD BE AN IMPROVEMENT ON THE PRESENT SYSTEM.
ASKED DURING HIS TOUR OF THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC TO ELABORATE ON THE COMMITTEE SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT WHICH HE HAD MENTIONED AT A MEET THE MEDIA SESSION YESTERDAY (TUESDAY), SIR DAVID SAID HONG KONG MUST WORK TOWARDS A CLOSER INTEGRATION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN THE POLICY-MAKING PROCESS.
+OF COURSE THAT WORK HAS ALREADY STARTED, + HE SAID, WHAT WE HAVE GOT TO DO IS TO DEVELOP THE SYSTEM IN A MORE DELIBERATE WAY, SO THAT MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, AND IN SOME CASÉS, MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, ARE MORE INVOLVED IN THE ACTUAL FORMULATION OF POLICY.+
ASKED WHETHER IT WOULD MEAN THAT THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS WOULD THEN BE DEVELOPING INTO THE CONGRESS AND THE SENATE IF HONG KONG WERE TO ADOPT THE UNITED STATES STYLE, SIR DAVID SAID THAT WAS PROBABLY DEVELOPING HIS IDEAS TOO FAR AT THE PRESENT STAGE.
+BUT CERTAINLY WE SHOULD NOT LOOK AT ONE AREA OF THE WORLD IN ORDER TO DRAW UP IDEAS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
+WE SHOULD LOOK AT OTHER SYSTEMS. PERHAPS THE SYSTEMS IN NORTH AMERICA ARE OF INTEREST TO US IN THIS PARTICULAR FIELD,+ HE ADDED.
ASKED IF THE COMMITTEE SYSTEM WOULD BE ONE OF THE OPTIONS TO BE CONSIDERED IN 1987, SIR DAVID SAID: +1 SHOULD THINK WE WILL GET ON WITH DEVELOPING THE COMMITTEE SYSTEM BEFORE 1987, BECAUSE WITH THE NEW LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WE WILL WANT TO INTEGRATE THEM MORE INTO THE POLICY FORMULATION PROCESS.+
+ I THINK IT WOULD BE A STEP FORWARD IF WE CAN MORE CLOSELY INTEGRATE THE WORK OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLICIES FOR HONG KONG AND FOR HONG KONG'S FUTURE,+ HE SAID.
EARLIER, THE CHIEF SECRETARY ALSO PRAISED THE STAFF AND STUDENTS OF THE POLYTECHNIC FOR THEIR ENTHUSIASM AND DEDICATION AND THE TREMENDOUS WORK THAT HAD BEEN DONE FOR HONG KONG AND FOR THE FUTURE.
+THE POLYTECHNIC IS MAKING TREMENDOUS CONTRIBUTION TO IT, AND THE COMMUNITY SHOULD GIVE IT ALL THE SUPPORT IT CAN,+ HE NOTED.
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