SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1987
IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE VIEWS KNOWN
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, MR DAVID FORD, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT, IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE THEIR VIEWS KNOWN ABOUT HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THESE BODIES DEVELOP.
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS ALTER PARTICIPATING IN THE WIJONAL COUNCIL'S QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS AT TSUEN WAN SPORTS GROUND, MR FORD SAID THE REGIONAL, COUNCIL AND DISTRICT BOARDS DID A LOT FOR THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, AND TODAY'S CELEBRATIONS WAS A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE OF ORGANISATION AT DISTRICT LEVEL.
ASKED ABOUT SPECIAL ADVISER TO THE GOVERNOR SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES' COMMENTS THE OTHER DAY CONCERNING DISTRICT BOARD! AND REGIONAL COUNCIL IN THE PUBLIC DEBATE ON THE GREEN PAPER, MR FORU SAID: "WE BELIEVE THAT THE SYSTEM FOR CONTINUING REGIONAL COUN IL AND URBAN COUNCIL AND THE DISTRICT BOARDS
} GOOD SYSTEM AND THOSE THREE TIERS SHOULD REMAIN.
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"BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE I
IS ROOM FOR CHANGE OR DEVELOPMENT
ALL THESE AREAS AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IN THE GREEN PAPER NOT ONLY TO FOCUS ON THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL POINT, BUT ALSO TO DISCUSS THESE VERY IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF HONG KONG'S REPRESENTATION WHICH DO SO MUCH FOR THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG AND
THINK WE SHOULD REMEMBER THAT."
COMMENTING ON THE CELEBRATIONS ITSELF,
MR FORD SAID HE WAS VERY IMPRESSED AND PRAISED THE REGIONAL COUNCIL FOR ORGANISING IT.
VERY
"IT'S A MARVELLOUS SIGN. GREAT CREDIT FOR THE REGIONAL COUNCIL FOR ORGANISING THIS SORT OF OCCASION WHICH, I'M SURE, IS POPULAR, AND I'M VERY IMPRESSED BY EVERYTHING I'VE SEEN.
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MR FORD SAID HE HOPED OCCASIONS OF THIS SORT, IN WHICH THREE THOUSAND PEOPLE INCLUDING CHILDREN AND OLD
ENJOYED PEOPLE, THEMSELVES, WOULD CONTINUE TO BE AN ANNUAL EVENT AND WOULD GO ON BEYOND 1997.
MUCH
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