WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1992
THE REPORT, HOWEVER, STATED THAT THERE WAS CLEAR SUPPORT FOR DEVELOPING THEIR ADVISORY ROLE.
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ON THE CURRENT COMPOSITION OF DISTRICT BOARDS, MR SUEN SAID PROVIDED FOR A MIXED BAG OF MEMBERSHIP WITH A MAJORITY OF ELECTED MEMBERS AND CHANGES HAD BEEN INTRODUCED OVER THE YEARS WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF ENSURING THAT THE DISTRICT BOARDS REMAINED REPRESENTATIVE AS POSSIBLE OF THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH THEY SERVED.
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"INSOFAR AS THE CURRENT SYSTEM GOES, EXPERIENCE HAS SHOWN IT HAS WORKED TO THE SATISFACTION OF MOST, IF NOT ALL, OF THOSE CONCERNED.
ADVICE WE GET FROM DISTRICT SPECTRUM OF INTERESTS REPRESENTED ON
"THE QUALITY AND THE RANGE OF BOARDS OWES MUCH TO THE FULL DISTRICT BOARDS," HE SAID.
BUT MR SUEN CONCEDED THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAD NO FIXED VIEW ON HOW DISTRICT BOARDS MIGHT DEVELOP IN THE FUTURE.
TURNING TO THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS, MR SUEN SAID THE INCEPTION OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL IN 1986 HAD PUT THE FINAL PIECE OF JIGSAW IN PLACE TO MARK THE COMPLETION OF THE THREE-TIER REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.
AS TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS AND DISTRICT BOARDS, MR SUEN SAID ALTHOUGH THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE LINK BETWEEN THE TWO WAS WORKING REASONABLY WELL, ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER IMPROVEMENT WOULD BE VERY CAREFULLY CONSIDERED.
OF THE 2003, MR IMPORTANCE COUNCILS
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE, WITH CHANGES TO THE COMPOSITION LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL NOT JUST IN 1995 BUT ALSO IN 1999 AND SUEN SAID IT WAS THEREFORE A QUESTION OF FUNDAMENTAL WHETHER THE EXISTING SYSTEM OF DISTRICT BOARDS AND MUNICIPAL CALLED FOR FURTHER MAJOR CHANGES.
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'I WOULD HOWEVER AGREE WITH THE VIEWS PUT FORTH BY MOST MEMBERS SPEAKING ON THE MOTION TODAY THAT WE SHOULD KEEP AN OPEN MIND IN THIS RESPECT," MR SUEN SAID.
HE SAID HE HAD LISTENED VERY CAREFULLY то THEIR VIEWS AND ASSURED THE COUNCILLORS THAT THESE WOULD BE TAKEN INTO FULL ACCOUNT DURING THE FORTHCOMING REVIEW.
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