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IT WOULD RETAIN ITS PRESENT RELATIONSHIP WITH OMELCO HOUSING PANEL.
"HOUSING WILL REMAIN A MAJOR SOCIAL COMMITMENT, BE PROVIDED ON THE BASIS OF NEED AND CHARGED ON AFFORDABILITY," MR BARNES SAID.
LEGCO AND THE
CONTINUING ΤΟ THE BASIS OF
AUTHORITY WOULD ABLE ΤΟ
THIS WAS DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE FUTURE COMPRISE FEWER OFFICIAL MEMBERS AND THESE WOULD NO LONGER BE FORM A QUORUM OR A MAJORITY.
OTHER MEMBERS WOULD REFLECT A WIDE RANGE OF EXPERTISE, INCLUDING ESTATE
INTERESTS AND TENANTS, PROFESSIONALS, DISTRICT MEMBERS AND LEGCO MEMBERS.
BOARD
HE ADDED THAT THE BILL WAS THE END PRODUCT OF A BEGAN WITH THE PUBLICATION OF GOVERNMENT'S LONG STRATEGY IN APRIL 1987 AND A DEBATE IN THE LEGISLATIVE JULY.
WHICH
PROCESS TERM HOUSING COUNCIL LAST
THE REORGANISATION OF THE AUTHORITY WAS AN INTEGRAL THE STRATEGY AND THE REASON FOR THE BILL.
PART OF
MR BARNES ALSO REFERRED TO CRITICISM CONCERNING TIMING OF ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S CHAIRMAN-DESIGNATE.
"WE ACCEPT THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER TO HAVE MADE THE AND THE ANNOUNCEMENT IN THAT ORDER, HE SAID.
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"I CAN ONLY SAY THAT WE WERE ANXIOUS TO MEET THE INTRODUCING THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS ON APRIL 1, AND IN PARTICULR TO
TIMETABLE THE CHAIRMAN-DESIGNATE,
INCIDENTALLY, APPOINTED EXISTING POWERS, THE OPPORTUNITY TO PREPARE HIMSELF FOR
WHO WAS,
THE
LAW
OF
GIVE
UNDER HIS NEW
RESPONSIBILITIES."
CERTAINLY, NO DISRESPECT
ΤΟ
THE COUNCIL WAS
INTENDED BUT
NEVERTHELESS THE POINT MADE WAS ACCEPTED, HE ADDED.
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