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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1987
ON THE SUBJECT
HON
EXPENSES
THE RETURNS, OF THE ELECTION
THE AMOUNT OF DETAIL TO BR DESMOND LEE HAD QUERIED THE NEED FOR
THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE PROVIDED BY CANDIDATES. MR LIAO CLARIFIED
OF BILL WAS TO INTRODUCE A MORE FLEXIBLE ARRANGEMENT WHEREBY THE FORM ELECTION EXPENSES RETURN AND DECLARATION NEED NOT BE SPECIFIED BY LAW, THE DEPUTY CHIEF BUT WOULD INSTEAD BE SPECIFIED ADMINISTRATIVELY BY SECRETARY.
AS STRAIGHTFORWARD
MEMBERS
"I HAVE BEEN ASSURED THAT THE FORM WILL BE
CONSULTATION WITH WILL BE AS POSSIBLE AND THERE
HE INTRODUCED, AMENDMENTS ARE
OF THIS ADDING SAID,
THAT WAY
COUNCIL BEFORE CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIONS WOULD ALSO BE INFORMED OF THE CHANGES BY OF GUIDANCE NOTES AND BRIEFING SESSIONS.
COUNCILLOR SUPPORTS ANTI-NAME DROPPING BILL
OF
LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR THE HON MISS MARIA TAM TODAY (WEDNESDAY)
PRACTICES AND ILLEGAL SPOKE IN SUPPORT OF THE CORRUPT
(AMENDMENT} BILL 1987 WHICH MADE IT AN OFFENCE FOR A CANDIDATE TO USE THE NAME ANOTHER PERSON OR ORGANISATION IN SUPPORT OF HIS CAMPAIGN WITHOUT PRIOR CONSENT OF THAT PERSON OR ORGANISATION.
SPEAKING
THE
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL,
MISS
THE
TAM IN
SAID THAT DISTRICT CONSIDERING THAT THE COLLECTIVE WEIGHT OF THE OPINION OF THE
ONLY REASONABLE THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS HAD GROWN WITH TIME, IT WAS
THE BETTER OR BEST INDIVIDUAL CANDIDATE HOLDING HIMSELF FORWARD AS
BE HONEST ABOUT HIS OWN
AND CREDENTIALS CHOICE FOR THE JOB MUST
HIS PERSONAL SHOULD NOT MAKE FALSE STATEMENTS OF FACT IN RELATION TO CHARACTER, QUALIFICATIONS OR CONDUCT.
AND
16 (1) SECTION
OF THE EXISTING CORRUPT SHE NOTED THAT
PRACTICES ILLEGAL PRACTICES ORDINANCE ALREADY LEGISLATED AGAINST SUCH
THE DATE AND THE PENALTY INCLUDED A SEVEN-YEAR DISQUALIFICATION FROM
AS AN ELECTOR OR VOTE AT ANY OF HIS CONVICTION TO BE REGISTERED ELECTION.
IN SHE SAID THE PROPOSALS CONTAINED IN THE AMENDMENT BILL WERE
THE CANDIDATE SHOULD BE LINE WITH THE SPIRIT OF SECTION 16 IN THAT
AND THAT THE IN
ABOUT HIMSELF, TRUTHFUL
PROVIDING INFORMATION INTEGRITY OF A FAIR AND HONEST ELECTION MUST BE SAFEGUARDED.
COUNCIL NAMES OF OWN ELECTION
"INDEED, IT IS PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE THAT IN THE 1985 URBAN ELECTION, THERE WERE GENUINE CASES WHEN CANDIDATES USED THE WELL KNOWN PUBLIC FIGURES IN HONG KONG TO ENDORSE THEIR
SHE SAID. CAMPAIGNS WITHOUT PROPER PRIOR CONSENTS,'
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"THE RESULTS