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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1988
IMPLEMENTATION OF BILL SHOULD BE DEFERRED
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
PROVISIONS ELECTORAL
(AMENDMENT) BILL ABLE TO 1988 SHOULD BE DEFERRED SO THAT URBAN COUNCILLORS WOULD BE
OF URBAN DISTRICT BOARDS RETAIN THEIR EX-OFFICIO MEMBERSHIP 1991, THE HON DESMOND LEE SUGGESTED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (WEDNESDAY).
UNTIL
TODAY
A RIGHT THING WHICH IS DONE MANNER", MR LEE ABSTAINED FROM
SAYING THAT THE BILL WAS AT BEST AT THE WRONG TIME AND IN THE WRONG VOTING ON IT.
TIERS OF REPRESENTATIVE MR LEE SAID MEMBERS OF ALL THE THREE GOVERNMENT HAD FOUND THEMSELVES UNFAIRLY TREATED BY THE BILL.
FOR
A
SEVERAL
THIS WAS BECAUSE MEMBERS OF THE URBAN COUNCIL WERE RUNNING DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS AT LESS THAN THREE WEEKS' NOTICE AND DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND CANDIDATES WERE SUDDENLY CONFRONTED WITH FEW "SUPERIOR" OPPONENTS.
"RELATIONSHIPS
HAVE
WORSENED
BETWEEN
MEMBERS
OF
DISTRICT OF THEM ARE NOW RUNNING
BOARDS AND THE URBAN COUNCIL BECAUSE SOME AGAINST ONE ANOTHER, MR LEE NOTED.
"
PRESENTED WITH
BY THE WHITE PAPER, CONTENTS AND RELATED
HE FURTHER POINTED OUT THAT LEGCO MEMBERS WERE A BILL WHICH PUT INTO EFFECT A CHANGE PROPOSED WITHOUT BEING INFORMED OF THE REMAINDER OF THE CHANGES.
IN WHICH
NEW
MANNER,
A FULL SYSTEM, "REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IS CHANGES MUST BE CONSIDERED ALTOGETHER AND NOT IN A PIECEMEAL HE SAID.
FOR
RELATED
SINGLE CHANGE IN CROSS MEMBERSHIP "AS THIS BILL PROPOSES A BETWEEN DISTRICT BOARDS AND THE URBAN COUNCIL, IT IS NOT POSSIBLE ME TO JUDGE WHETHER OR NOT IT IS RIGHT WITHOUT KNOWING OTHER DEVELOPMENTS."
MR LEE REFERRED TO THE PRESENTATION OF FINDINGS IN REPORT, AND "PIKCEMEAL CHANGES" WHICH WERE PROPOSED BY THIS THE CORRUPT AND ILLEGAL PRACTICES (AMENDMENT) BILL 1987.
"PEOPLE WILL BE LED TO BELIEVE THAT
ARE BEING INTRODUCED ATTENTION FROM THE LACK OF LEVEL," HE SAID.
AT
DISTRICT
AND
SUBSTANTIAL
THE SURVEY BILL AND
WINDOW DRESSING MEASURES MUNICIPAL LEVELS
DIVERT DEVELOPMENT AT THE CENTRAL
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