10
THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1988
THAT
THERE WOULD BE
DOUBLE
CONSTITUENCY
WHITE PAPER SUGGESTS "THE REPRESENTATION IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. IT IS NOT NECESSARILY 80,
METHOD IN DRAWING UP A DIFFERENT PROVIDED THERE IS BOUNDARIES, " HE SAID.
"AFTER ALL,
WE
DIRECTLY HAVE
ELECTED
MEMBERS AS
MEMBERS ELECTED AMONG DB MEMBERS IN OUR MUNICIPAL COUNCILS NOW.
"DISTRICT BOARD-BASED ELECTIONS AND
WELL
AS
DIRECT ELECTIONS TO THE *TWO SYSTEMS OF GEOGRAPHICAL WHAT IS REFERRED
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SHOULD BE SEEN AS REPRESENTATION IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL', UNLIKE TO IN THE WHITE PAPER AS ONLY TWO PARALLEL SYSTEMS.
FROM "A MEMBER
AN ELECTORAL COLLEGE THE NEW
TERRITORIES,
AND DISTRICT-BASED DIFFERENT GROUPS
OF DISTRICT-RELATED
OF
TO
HAS CONSTITUENCY, SAY, PEOPLE TO BE RESPONSIBLE TO AND DIFFERENT SCOPES MATTERS TO BE TENDED TO. DOUBLE REPRESENTATION CANNOT BE AN EXCUSE DISPLACE ELECTORAL COLLEGES.
DR LAI SAID THE
INTRODUCTION OF
ELECTORAL COLLEGES TO THE A DIRECT LINK BETWEEN LEGCO ELECTION SYSTEM IN 1985 HAD PROVIDED
OPENED UP A CHANNEL FOR POLITICAL DISTRICT BOARDS AND LEGCO, AND PARTICIPATION BY THE PUBLIC UNDER THE THREE-TIER SYSTEM.
BUT THE
NEW ARRANGEMENT
WOULD
CONFINE DB'S TO
PURELY AN
ADVISORY ROLE WITH NO REAL INFLUENCE.
BY KEEPING THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE ROUTE OPEN AND BY
POWERS, MORB MEANINGFUL
PEOPLE DISTRICT BOARDS SOME ATTRACTED TO BECOMING INVOLVED IN DISTRICT MATTERS.
ΤΟ
GIVING THE ВЕ WOULD
RATE OF 30.3 OF THE BECAUSE LOSING INTEREST JUSTIFIABLY
"LOOKING AT THE LOW RECENT DB ELECTIONS' VOTING
MIGHT COME
THAT PER CENT ONE
THE CONCLUSION PROVISIONS IN THE WHITE PAPER, THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS IN THE ROLE PLAYED BY THE DISTRICT BOARDS. AND I'M AFRAID SO, BECAUSE THERE IS VERY LITTLE THE DB'S CAN DO.
DR
LAI
SURVEY
"T
PAPER
ON THE WHITE QUESTIONNAIRE SAID A
RESPONDENTS CONDUCTED BY HIS OFFICE HAD SHOWED THAT TWO-THIRDS OF THE
ΤΟ REPLACE ELECTED SEATS FROM THE THE DECISION OF DISAPPROVED
ELECTORAL COLLEGE IN 1991.
HE
REJECTED BY DISTRICT BOARDS, IN "THIS ARRANGEMENT WAS ALSO WHICH THE MAJORITY SUPPORT THE EXECUTIVE ROLE OF DISTRICT BOARDS, SAID.
THREE-TIER SYSTEM WAS HE ALSO SUGGESTED THAT EVEN THOUGH the
AMALGAMATED OMELCO WORKING, A TWO-TIER SYSTEM AS OUTLINED IN THE NOW
TO HONG CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS PANEL'S REPORT MIGHT BE MORE SUITABLE KONG IN THE LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.
/REFERRING TO