WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25,
1991
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GOOD SELECTION OF PEOPLE APPOINTED TO LEGCO: GOVERNOR
MOST PEOPLE RECKON THAT THOSE APPOINTED
TO THE
LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL ARE
GOOD SELECTION OF PEOPLE, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
"THAT MEANS THAT THEY HAVE GOOD QUALIFICATIONS IN THEIR OWN PROFESSIONS; THAT THEY ARE PEOPLE OF INDEPENDENT MIND; AND THAT THEY WILL MAKE A VERY REAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE EFFICIENT AND SENSIBLE WORKING OF LEGCO.
"I
"
THINK THAT'S BEEN THE GENERAL REACTION. THAT CERTAINLY WAS OF COURSE MY INTENTION IN APPOINTING THOSE PARTICULAR PEOPLE, SIR DAVID SAID WHEN SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER VISITING YAU TSIM
DISTRICT.
THE GOVERNOR SAID HONG KONG WANTED A LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WHICH WAS GOING TO DEBATE IN AN OPEN MANNER; WHICH WOULD PRODUCE A VARIETY THE OF DIFFERENT VIEWS AND WHICH WOULD COME TO CONCLUSJONS WHICH WERE RIGHT ONES FOR HONG KONG.
"I'VE MET NOW, A NUMBER OF THE NEWLY ELECTED MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND I THOUGHT THEY WERE AN IMPRESSIVE BUNCH OF PEOPLE. I LOOK FORWARD TO A COUNCIL THAT IS GOING TO WORK
WELL, HE
SAID.
ON THE QUESTION OF THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT WAS SOMETHING WHICH THE LEGCO MEMBERS WOULD BE DISCUSSING AT THEIR FIRST IN-HOUSE MEETING AND IT MUST BE FOR THEM TO WORK OUT WHAT WAS THE BEST WAY OF RUNNING THEIR OWN AFFAIRS.
ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, SIR DAVID SAID WE WANTED TO TRY TO MAKE THINGS AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WORKED CLOSELY TOGETHER.
"BECAUSE WE WON'T HAVE AS MANY OFFICIALS SITTING ON THE COUNCIL, WE MUST MAKE SURE THAT THERE ISN'T A GULF BETWEEN THE TWO. GOES THAT THE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE COUNCIL ON, INDEED IF ANYTHING, WE SHOULD TRY TO STRENGTHEN IT,
HE SAID.
COUNCIL,
SİR
NEXT
WHEN ASKED ABOUT APPOINTMENTS TO THE EXECUTIVE DAVID REITERATED THAT HE WOULD BE THINKING THIS OVER DURING THE FEW WEEKS.
OF
WANT
AND
LONG
HE SAID: "I DO WANT TO TRY TO GET A RANGE OF DIFFERENT SORT PEOPLE
DIFFERENT WITH
SORT OF BACKGROUNDS ONTO EXCO. I ALSO THOUGH, TO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE COUNCIL THAT WORKS WELL TOGETHER, THAT MEANS THAT IT HAS TO OPERATE UNDER CERTAIN RULES WHICH HAVE OPERATED IN HONG KONG AND INDEED, FOR ANY DECISION TAKING BODY OF THAT SORT."
/SIR DAVID