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WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1987
SURE THE 8 AME "AS FAR AS THIS COUNCIL IS CONCERNED, AND I AM
ON THE BASIS IS TRUE FOR OTHER BODIES, DECISIONS ARE NORMALLY TAKEN OF BROAD CONSENSUS BETWEEN DIFFERENT OR EVEN CONFLICTING INTERESTS THE COMMUNITY."
"THE SYSTEM HAS ENSUREL NOT ONLY CANNOT DOMINATE OVER OTHERS BUT
MINDS
IN
GROUPS
SPEAK POLITICAL NOT BE
THAT INDIVIDUALS OR
MAY ALSO INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS HINDERED OR
BY INFLUENCED VALUE OF SUCH
SHOULD A SYSTEM
THEIR
WITHOUT BEING PRESSURE OF ELECIONS. THE
Fr
UNDERMINED, HE ADDED.
MIGHT BE ACCUSED
MEMBER
NOTING THAT AN APPOINTED
OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF DEFENDING THE APPOINTMENT SYSTEM BECAUSE OF
TOOK THE
ΤΟ OPPORTUNITY
MAKK VESTED INTEREST, MR CHEN
KNOWN HIS EXECUTIVE COUNCILS INTENTION TO RETIRE FROM BOTH THE LEGISLATIVE AND
ΤΟ COINCIDE WITH HI3 AT THE END OF THE CURRENT SESSION
RETIREMENT FROM HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER IN THE PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE SECTOR.
"MY VIEWS EXPRESSED TODAY SHOULD THEREFORE ON THE WHILE PAPER ON THE ISSUE, HE SAID.
F
BEAR NO INFLUENCE
MR CHEN NOTED THAT IN 1985 THE APPOINTMENT SYSTEM
WHEN GOVERNMENT INTRODUCED INDIRECT MOMENTOUS CHANGE
OF THE THROUGH WHICH VARIOUS SECTORS
COMMUNITY SELECT REPRESENTATIVES TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
WERE
HE SAID SINCE OCTOBER 1985, THE WORK OF THE MUCH BUSIER BUT THE PRODUCTIVITY WAS RELATIVELY LOW,
UNDERWENT A ELECTIONS
PERMITTED TO
COUNCIL HAD BEEN
"ALTHOUGH THE NUMBER OF BILLS PASSED DURING THE CURRENT
FOR THE 1984-85 SESSION IS ONLY MARGINALLY LESS THAN THAT
SESSION, ΤΟ DEAL WITH THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS OF THE AD-HOC GROUPS AND PANELS
THAT EITHER THE THE BUSINESS HAD INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY INDICATING BILLS HAD TO BE EXAMINED IN MUCH GREATER DEPTH THUS REQUIRING MORE RESULT OF INCREASING AND LENGTHIER DISCUSSIONS OR, MORE LIKELY, THE DIFFICULTY IN REACHING CONSENSUS, OR A COMBINATION OF BOTH,
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HE NOTED.
"WE MUST NOT FORGET THAT TO COPE WITH THE INCREASED ACTIVITIES HAD TO IN THIS COUNCIL, MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION MUST HAVE ALSO
AMOUNT OF TIME PUT IN EXTRA
AND EFFORT TO DEAL WITH THE WORK
ASKED QUESTIONS
IN THIS GENERATED, SUCH AS RESPONDING TO
ΤΟ MEETINGS PREPARING REPLIES TO DEBATES AND ATTENDING BRIEF MEMBERS.
CHAMBER, DISCUSS AND
"I AM SURE THE ADMINISTRATION MUST HAVE FELT THE STRAIN
BUDGET NEXT YEAR LARGER SHALL NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE IN THE USUAL REQUESTS FOR INCREASE IN THE STAFF ESTABLISHMENT.
ון
AND I THAN
/HOWEVER, HR