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WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1987
"MANY COLLEAGUES HAVE SHARED THE FRUSTRATION OF HAVING OUR QUESTIONS UNSATISFACTORILY ANSWERED SINCE THE OFFICIALS DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ISSUES CONCERNED ARE NOT MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL, HE SAID.
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"IF WE FURTHER REDUCE THE NUMBER OF OFFICIAL MEMBERS, THE EFFICIENCY OF THIS COUNCIL'S OPERATION WILL INEVITABLY BE AFFECTED. I WOULD SUPPORT THE OPTION THAT THE EXISTING NUMBER OF OFFICIAL MEMBERS BE UPHELD.
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IN REGARD TO APPOINTED MEMBERS, MR HU SAID THE SYSTEM HAD CONTRIBUTED VERY MUCH TO THE STABILITY AND CONTINUITY OF THE COUNCIL'S OPERATION.
"HOWEVER, AS THE GREEN PAPER HAS ALSO POINTED OUT, SUCH A SYSTEM WILL HAVE TO BE ABOLISHED EVENTUALLY. TO PREPARE FOR ITS FINAL ABOLITION, A LIMITED REDUCTION OF THE APPOINTED SEATS WILL BE DESIRABLE AT THIS STAGE.'
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MR HU SAID THE SEATS VACATED BY THE REDUCTION OF APPOINTED MEMBERS COULD GO TO AN EXPANDED FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES SYSTEM.
"ELECTIONS THROUGH THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES HAVE BEEN PROVED SUITABLE FOR HONG KONG'S SITUATION. ITS MERITS HAVE BOTH BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED IN THE GREEN PAPER AND WIDELY ACCEPTED BY THE PUBLIC.
"I SUPPORT OPTION (III) IN PARAGRAPH 88 THAT THE SEATS ALLOCATED TO FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES SHOULD BE INCREASED FOR A NUMBER OF NEW CATEGORIES NEXT YEAR. CATEGORIES SHOULD BE CREATED HAVE TO BE DECIDED AFTER CONSULTATIONS,"
HE SAID.
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NUMBER OF REASONABLY
BUT WHICH NEW FURTHER PUBLIC
ON ELECTORAL COLLEGE, MR HU SAID MORE CAUTION WAS REQUIRED IN PLANNING FOR ITS FURTHER DEVELOPMENT.
"THE SYSTEM, INTRODUCED ONLY TWO YEARS AGO, POLITICAL BICKERING WITHIN THE DISTRICT BOARDS. CHANGES PREFERABLE NEXT YEAR SINCE WE SHOULD GIVE MORE TIME TO SYSTEM BEFORE DECIDING ON THE NEXT MOVE."
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MR HU SAID HE FOUND THE IDEA OF A NEW BROADLY-BASED ELECTORAL COLLEGE TO ELECT A PROPORTION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE MOST
THE APPEALING SINCE IT WOULD BE ABLE TO SUBSTITUTE
FUNCTION OF THE APPOINTED MEMBERS SYSTEM.
"I ENVISAGE THAT THE INTRODUCTION OF SUCH A NEW ELECTORAL
FROM ALL COLLEGE COMPRISING A WIDE RANGE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SECTORS
AND STRATA OF THE COMMUNITY, CAN
APPROPRIATE TALENTS TO MEET PREVAILING NEEDS AND THUS ACHIEVE A BALANCING EFFECT AS APPOINTED MEMBERS USED TO DO.
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