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TUESDAY, MAY 12, 1987
THREE-TIER SYSTEM WORKS EFFECTIVELY
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THE THREE TIERS POLITICAL SYSTEM SEEMS TO BE WORKING VERY EFFECTIVELY AND IS NOW ACCEPTED AS BEING A VERY EFFECTIVE MECHANISM, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID THIS (TUESDAY) AFTERNOON.
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER VISITING THE REGIONAL COUNCIL IN TSUEN WAN, SIR DAVID SAID THE INTER-RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TIERS WOULD BE DISCUSSED IN THE GREEN PAPER.
+BUT THE EXISTENCE OF THE THREE TIERS, I THINK, IS NOW ACCEPTED BY EVERYBODY AS BEING A VERY EFFECTIVE MECHANISM,+ HE SAID.
WHEN ASKED TO COMMENT ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE DISTRICT BOARDS, SIR DAVID SAID THAT THAT WAS STILL UNDER DISCUSSION IN THE CONTEXT OF THE GREEN PAPER.
ASKED IF THERE WAS TO BE DRASTIC CHANGES IN THE ROLE OF EACH OF THE THREE TIERS, HE SAID THAT WAS NOT FOR HIM TO SAY BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS TO BE DISCUSSED IN THE GREEN PAPER.
+ IF YOU HAVE A GREEN PAPER EXERCISE, THE IDEA IS TO GET PEOPLE'S VIEW ON IT, NOT FOR ME TO SAY IN ADVANCE WHAT I THINK SHOULD BE DONE,+ HE ADDED.
DESCRIBING HIS VISIT TO THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AS +VERY INTERESTING+, SIR DAVID SAID THE COUNCIL DID NOT EXIST WHEN HE LAST WORKED IN HONG KONG AND +90 IT'S SOMETHING WHICH IS NEW AND TO LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT IT'S DOING IS VERY HELPFUL+.
+| WAS VERY IMPRESSED BY THE AMOUNT OF WORK IT'S ALREADY DOING AND BY THE CLOSE LIAISON THERE IS BETWEEN THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AND THE URBAN COUNCIL, AND ALSO BETWEEN THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AND THE DISTRICT BOARDS,+ HE SAID.
SIR DAVID NOTED THAT HE HAD BEEN BRIEFED ON THE PROBLEM OF POLLUTION ON CERTAIN BEACHES.
+THERE ARE THREE BEACHES WHICH ARE NOW HEAVILY POLLUTED TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT THEY BELIEVE IT'S NOT RIGHT TO HAVE SWIMMING THERE ANY MORE AND NATURALLY ENOUGH THEY ARE ANXIOUS ABOUT THAT BECAUSE OF THE GREAT POPULARITY OF THOSE BEACHES AMONG SWIMMERS,+ HE SAID.
SIR DAVID SAID THE TOPIC OF POLITICAL REFORMS WAS NOT RAISED AT THE MEETING. +WHAT WAS HAPPENING WAS THEY WERE BRIEFING ME ON THE WORK BEING DONE BY THE COUNCIL, HE ADDED.
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