WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1987
STATEMENT ISSUED ON BEHALF OF THE URBAN COUNCIL
AT THIS MORNING'S EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE URBAN COUNCIL, MEMBERS DECIDED TO UNANIMOUSLY OPPOSE THE PROPOSED CHANGE TO THE COMPOSITION OF DISTRICT WHICH URBAN COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD CEASE TO BE EX-OFFICIO THE DISTRICT BOARDS FROM THE END OF MARCH 1989.
BOARDS BY MEMBERS
OF
BE MADE EXCELLENCY то BE PUT TO THE OF THE
APPROACH MEMBERS FURTHER UNANIMOUSLY DECIDED THAT AN THROUGH THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR AN URGENT MEETING WITH HIS THE GOVERNOR TO DISCUSS THIS AND OTHER PROPOSALS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WHICH WILL AFFECT URBAN COUNCIL VIS-A-VIS THE DISTRICT BOARDS.
THE PRESENT POSITION
BELIEVED THEY SERVED A BY BEING MEMBERS OF
THEY COUNCILLORS WERE EMPHATIC THAT VALUABLE PURPOSE FROM A DISTRICT POINT OF VIEW THE DISTRICT BOARDS.
COUNCILLORS HAVE
SERVED
SINCE
A STROKE OF
THEIR
THE
ON DISTRICT BOARDS INCEPTION AND ARE LOATH TO SEE THIS LINK BROKEN BY LEGISLATIVE PEN.
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MUST BE MADE, AT THE
URBAN ELECTED
COUNCILLORS
IF, HOWEVER UNWELCOME IT IS, A CHANGE VERY LEAST WE FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THE SHOULD MOST DEFINITELY RETAIN THEIR SEATS ON THE DISTRICT BOARDS.
THE HEAD
GUANGDONG DELEGATION VISITS EPD
OF THE GUANGDONG
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
BUREAU,
MR QIANG BINGHUAN, AND SENIOR OFFICIALS FROM GUANGZHOU AND SHENZHEN CONCLUDED A WEEK-LONG VISIT TO HONG KONG TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
COLLABORATION
DURING THEIR STAY, THEY DISCUSSED MATTERS OF MUTUAL CONCERN AND
FOR FUTURE CONSIDERED AREAS
WITH STAFF OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT.
THE
ALSO
THE VISITED
GOVERNMENT
KWU
DELEGATION SIX-MEMBER LABORATORY, THE LIVESTOCK WASTE CONTROL DEMONSTRATION PLANT AT TA LING AND THE MAI PO MARSHES CONSERVATION AREA.
IMPORTANT GUANGDONG AND
"SINCE WE LAST MET IN MAY 1986, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BOTH IN HONG KONG", OBSERVED MR QIANG BEFORE LEAVING FOR GUANGZHOU.
REPORTS
ON
ON
THE
DURING MEETINGS BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES, THERE WERE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN GUANGZHOU, SHENZHEN AND HONG KONG AND WORK OF THE SOUTH CHINA ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE INSTITUTE.
/THEY ALSO
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