THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1988
NEW LEGCO WILL SERVE PEOPLE WELL
* * *
GOVERNOR
WILSON,
SAID HE BELIEVES THAT THE THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID
APPOINTED AND BLECTED MEMBERS, LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, WITH ITS NEWLY WILL SERVE VERY WELL THE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.
SIR DAVID WAS SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER OPENING THE YUEN HOSTEL OF THE HONG KONG YOUTH HOSTEL ASSOCIATION AT TAI THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON.
SZE LOK MO SHAN
ASKED ABOUT HIS CRITERIA IN APPOINTING LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS, PEOPLE WHO WERK PREPARED TO THE GOVERNOR SAID HE WAS LOOKING FOR
WHO HAD EXPERIENCE IN THEIR SPEND TIME SERVING THE COMMUNITY, DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE AND WHO HAD INDEPENDENT JUDGEMENT.
WHO
"THOSE ARE THE THREE CRITERIA THAT I USE. I FEEL IN THE
WE'VE GOT PEOPLE THIS TIME APPOINTED THAT HAVE BEEN SATISFIED ALL THOSE THREE CRITERIA,'
OWN
PEOPLE HAVE
T
HE SAID.
AS
SIR DAVID NOTED THAT HE DID NOT CHOOSE PEOPLE BY
OR LIBERAL WERE DEFINED
BEING CONSERVATIVE
DEFINITIONS.
OR
BY
WHETHER
ANY
THEY OTHER
THEIR INDIVIDUAL
ABILITIES,
OWN
THEIR MINDS
"I CHOOSE THEM BECAUSE OF ABILITY TO HAVE INDEPENDENT JUDGEMENT AND TO MAKE UP THEIR ON ISSUES IN AN INDEPENDENT WAY WITHOUT ANY PRE-CONCEIVED IDEAS.
TT
"THOSE ARE THE SORT OF PEOPLE WE HAVE GOT,
HE ADDED.
SIR DAVID PRAISES ROLE OF VOLUNTARY SERVICE * * * * *
PEOPLE.
A KEY ROLE IN HONG VOLUNTARY SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO PLAY KONG'S CHANGING SOCIETY TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY},
THE
"THE MAJOR ROLE PLAYED BY VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION IS ONE OF
THE FLEXIBILITY IMPRESSIVE FEATURES OF HONG KONG SOCIETY. IT ADDS TO
SIR DAVID SAID AND THE DYNAMISM OF OUR APPROACH TO SOCIAL PROBLEMS," WHEN HE ADDRESSED THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION DINNER OF THE KONG CHINESE WOMEN'S CLUB.
HONG
/NOTING THAT