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THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1986
+ THESE WERE THE ACHIEVEMENTS WHICH WE HAD HOPED FOR IN ESTABLISHING THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL, AND I HAVE NO HESITATION IN SAYING THAT OUR HOPES HAVE BEEN AMPLY JUSTIFIED IN THE RESULTS,+ MR BARNES SAID.
+ IT IS CERTAINLY A GOOD AUGURY FOR THE FUTURE
EVERYBODY
MUST REALISE THAT THE ASSUMPTION OF FINANCIAL AND LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE COUNCIL IN THE COMING YEAR WILL BE A VERY BIG STEP.+
MR BARNES FELT SURE THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD FIND THE ADDED RESPONSIBILITY SATISFYING AND REWARDING, BUT THE SHEER WEIGHT OF BUSINESS WOULD ALSO IMPOSE CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS ON THEM.
→IT WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT TO CONDUCT BUSINESS EFFICIENTLY AND EXPEDITIOUSLY, AS NO ONE WILL THANK THE COUNCIL FOR DELAYS IN DELIVERY, HE SAID.
MR BARNES SAID IT MADE SENSE FOR THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL TO INITIATE PROPOSALS FOR DISTRICT COMMITTEES BASED ON THE DIFFERENT TOWNS AND AREAS AND TO INCLUDE DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND OTHERS IN THE MEMBERSHIP.
HE HOPED THAT THE REGIONAL COUNCIL WOULD BE ABLE TO DEVELOP A GOOD BALANCE BETWEEN CENTRALISED AND LOCAL DECISION-MAKING SO AS TO GIVE THESE COMMITTEES A REAL MEANING AND SOME AUTHORITY WITHIN THE DISTRICTS.
+THIS IS NOT EASY, BUT I FEEL SURE THAT THE EARLIER IT IS STARTED, THE EASIER IT WILL BE, AS CENTRALISED DECISION-MAKING IS ALWAYS DIFFICULT TO FRAGMENT. AND I FEEL THAT THE POLITICAL SUCCESS AND ACCEPTABILITY OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL WILL TO A LARGE MEASURE DEPEND ON THE SUCCESS OR OTHERWISE OF ITS COMMITTEES,+ MR BARNES SAID.
EARLIER, THE CAIRMAN OF THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL, MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG, SAID THE COUNCIL HAD IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS VETTED 120 IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS AND INITIATED NUMEROUS IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS, AND THERE WERE ALSO VISITS TO THE DISTRICT BOARDS AND THE HEUNG YEE KUK.
+ALL THESE HAVE CONTRIBUTED TOWARDS A SOUND FOUNDATION FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, HE SAID.
MR CHEUNG COMMENDED MR TANG NAI-MAN, THE OUTGOING YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARD REPRESENTATIVE ON THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL, FOR HIS VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION.
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