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HE NOTED THAT IT HAD ALWAYS BEEN THE KUK'S INTENTION TO WIDEN THEIR ITS REPRESENTATION AND TO RECRUIT MORE MEMBERS SO AS TO ENHANCE CAPABILITY AND EFFICIENCY.
MR LIAO SAID THE KUK HAD THEREFORE SUGGESTED TO THE
BE AMENDED ADMINISTRATION THAT ITS CONSTITUTION
FOR TO ALLOW
THE RECRUITMENT OF 16 MORE MEMBERS WHO NEED NOT BE SELECTED FROM AMONGST THE INDIGENOUS NEW TERRITORIES POPULATION.
TERRITORIES
"HOWEVER, THE KUK WOULD TAKE CARE IN IDENTIFYING PERSONALITIES WHO HAVE LONG STANDING CONNECTIONS WITH THE NEW
AND ARE THUS CAPABLE OF CONTRIBUTING TO THE WELL-BEING OF NEW TERRITORIES RESIDENTS, HE ADDED.
"THE SELECTION OF CO-OPTED COUNCILLORS WILL BE CLOSELY SCRUTINISED. THE CANDIDATES FOR SELECTION WILL HAVE ΤΟ BE NOMINATED BY FIVE MEMBERS OF THE KUK'S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, ONE OF WHOM BEING THE CHAIRMAN OR A VICE-CHAIRMAN.
"THE NOMINATIONS WILL THEN BE VETTED AND APPROVED BY MYSELF
ΤΟ THE FULL COUNCIL OF BEFORE THEY ARE FINALLY PUT
THE KUK FOR CONFIRMATION," MR LIAO EXPLAINED.
TO GIVE RECOGNITION TO LONG SERVING MEMBERS AND IN ORDER THAT EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE COULD BE RETAINED, MR LIAO SAID IT WAS ALSO SERVED PROPOSED THAT MEMBERS OF THE KUK'S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WHO HAD FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE
ALL PAST CHAIRMEN SHOULD BE MADE PERMANENT ADVISERS OF THE KUK.
TERMS AND
ALSO INTRODUCED SOME CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS
HE POINTED OUT THAT BESIDES THE EXPANSION IN MEMBERSHIP AND THE INTRODUCTION OF PERMANENT ADVISERS,
BILL TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO FACILITATE THE ORDERLY AND SMOOTH OPERATION OF THE KUK.
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.
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