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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1988
CONCERN OVER ROLE OF NEW POLICY BRANCH
章
THE
WOULD CULTURE
PROPOSED NEW POLICY ENCROACH UPON THE
THE URBAN COUNCIL IS CONCERNED THAT BRANCH FOR SPORTS, RECREATION AND JURISDICTION OF THE TWO MUNICIPAL COUNCILS.
BY THE URBAN
COUNCIL CONSTITUENCY'S TU, IN THE
THE CONCERN WAS VOICED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, THE HON ELSIE POLICY DEBATE TODAY (THURSDAY).
THAT IF THE COUNCIL THE NEW POLICY
ONE OF THE FEARS, MRS TU SAID, WAS PERFORMING ARTS, IN CO-ORDINATION WITH GOING TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE ARTS FRONT, IT WOULD BE
WORK ALREADY ONLY AT THE COUNCILS.
EXPENSE OF
THE
DONE
FOR BRANCH, WAS ABLE TO DO 90 BY THE MUNICIPAL
IN
A
A
SHE ALSO SAID GOVERNMENT-COMMISSIONED CONSULTANCY REPORT ENTITLED "THE WAY AHEAD:
THAT SOME
OF
THE PROPOSALS
ON SPORT
IN
HONG KONG"
MIGHT WELL
ΤΟ
LBAD CONSULTANCY REPORT UNHEALTHY COMPETITION BETWEEN THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS AND THE STATUTORY BODY ON SPORTS WHICH THE CONSULTANT PROPOSED.
ANOTHER AREA OF CONCERN RELATED TO PRIVATE SPONSORSHIP.
SPONSORSHIP FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR,
ALTHOUGH AVAILABLE, WAS
NOT UNLIMITED.
BUT IF SEVERAL BODIES, INCLUDING THE PROPOSED SET OUT TO TAP THE SAME RESOURCES OF FUNDING, THEY COMPETITION AGAINST ONE ANOTHER.
STATUTORY BODY, WOULD BE SET IN
THAT WOULD NOT BE IN THE INTERESTS OF SERVICE
то THE PUBLIC,
SHE SAID.
MRS TU ALSO GAVE APPOINTED BODIES.
A
WARNING ON THE GROWTH
OF
STATUTORY
THE
GOVERNMENT
ΤΟ
CLAIMS "WHILST
PROMOTING BE
GREATER STATUTORY APPOINTED BODIES DEMOCRACY ON THE ONE HAND, THE GROWTH OF
TO UNDERMINE LIKELY
THE POWERS OF THE APPEARS ON THE OTHER HAND
rl SHE SAID. LARGELY ELECTED MUNICIPAL COUNCILS,
THE
UNLESS THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS WERE CONSULTED AT ALL
RELATING PROPOSALS
TO GOVERNMENT CONCERNING NEW
BETWEEN CONFRONTATION RECREATION AND SPORTS, UNNECESSARY GOVERNMENT AND THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS MIGHT ARISE, SHE ADDED.
STAGES BY
CULTURE,
THE
"MAY WAR.
I OWE A DEBT TO WHILE LIVING
EX-PRISONERS OF MRS TU ALSO MENTION, AS REMEMBRANCE DAY APPROACHES, THAT WE ALSO
WAR,
FORGET THE THE ELDERLY
REFERRED TO THE
LEST WE
SHE SAID.
OF PRISONERS
HONOURING THE DEAD OF WORLD WAR II +
FOUND IT HARD COULD NOT
ON THE WELFARE OF THE ELDERLY, MRS TU SAID SHE TO BELIEVE THAT HONG KONG COULD NOT TAKE CARE OF THOSE WHO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES.
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