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WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1987
ON THE QUESTION
OF WHETHER
THE GOVERNOR
REMAIN SHOULD SAID HE DID NOT SEE ANY APPROPRIATE TO LEAVE
PRESIDENT OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, HE URGENCY IN MAKING CHANGES AND IT WOULD BE MORE THE EXISTING ARRANGEMENTS INTACT AT THIS STAGE.
MR HU SAID THE KEY WORD FOR "I HAD OBJECTED TO
URBAN
AS REGARDS THE THREE-TIER SYSTEM, THE ADMINISTRATION OF HONG KONG WAS EFFICIENCY. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SEPARATE REGIONAL COUNCIL ALONGSIDE THE
SERVICES IN THE RURAL AREAS. COUNCIL TO TAKE CARE OF MUNICIPAL
REGIONAL COUNCIL IS REDUNDANT STILL THINK THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE AND IS A WRONG DECISION," HE SAID.
I
MY VIEW
AS
'HOWEVER, WE CANNOT PUT THE CLOCK BACK AT THIS STAGE. IS THAT WE SHOULD LEAVE THE EXISTING ARRANGEMENTS AS THEY ARE WITH LITTLE CHANGE AS POSSIBLE BEFORE 1997.
PRESENT THREE-TIER FURTHERMORE, TWO ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS IN THE
AND THE DISTRICT BOARDS
WERE REGIONAL COUNCIL
ONLY SYSTEM, THE
DISTRICT BOARD ELECTION WAS ESTABLISHED IN RECENT YEARS. THE FIRST
BEING HELD IN 1982 WHILE THE REGIONAL COUNCIL ONLY FORMALLY CAME INTO LAST YEAR.
FIND OUT HOW "WE SHOULD ALLOW MORE TIME FOR THE COMMUNITY TO THIS SYSTEM WORKS AND REASSESS THE DIFFERENT ROLES CONCERNED.
SYSTEM. FOR AND IMPROVE THE
"HOWEVER, I WOULD SUPPORT SOME FINE-TUNING OF THE
THE OPERATION NEED TO WE
STREAMLINE
INSTANCE, COMMUNICATION AMONG THE THREE LEVELS."
A
MR HU SAID HE SUPPORTED THE PROPOSAL TO GIVE DISTRICT BOARDS
AS THIS WOULD ROLE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF CERTAIN DISTRICT FACILITIES PROVIDE THEM VERY USEFUL TRAINING IN DISTRICT MANAGEMENT.
MERGING
THE SMALL
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"IN THE LONG RUN, WE WILL HAVE TO CONSIDER EXISTING THREE-TIER SYSTEM INTO A TWO-TIER ONE. HONG KONG IS SO
OF MANAGEMENT, THAT IT DOES NOT REALLY REQUIRE A COMPLICATED SYSTEM HE SAID.
WHILE
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"ONE OF THE FUTURE TWO TIERS SHOULD BE DISTRICT-ORIENTED THE OTHER SHOULD OF COURSE BE AT THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LEVEL.
THE PRESENT URBAN COUNCIL HE SAID THE LAYER-IN-BETWEEN, REGIONAL COUNCIL, COULD BE FADED OUT AT AN APPROPRIATE TIME.
"BUT ALL THESE CHANGES SHOULD ONLY TAKE PLACE AFTER HONG KONG HAS SETTLED IN ITS NEW MODEL OF ADMINISTRATION.
ON THE CURRENT SURVEY EXERCISE IN REGARD TO MR HU SAID HE HAD CANVASSED A WIDE RANGE OF
AND
HAD
THE DISTINCT
PAPER IGNORANCE ABOUT ITS CONTENTS.
FEELING THAT
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AND
1997 WHEN
THE GREEN PAPER, PEOPLE ABOUT THE GREEN
WAS A THERE
GENERAL
"BEFORE THE