THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1993
ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS 94/95 : COMPENDIUM OF PROPOSALS
*
THE GOVERNMENT HAS TODAY (THURSDAY) MADE AVAILABLE TO INTERESTED PARTIES A COMPENDIUM OF PROPOSALS THAT INCLUDES 65 WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS RECEIVED ON THE 1994/95 ELECTIONS SINCE THE GOVERNOR DESCRIBED HIS PROPOSALS IN HIS ADDRESS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 7 LAST YEAR.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID COPIES OF THE 400-PAGE COMPENDIUM BE SENT TO MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
WOULD
COPIES WOULD ALSO BE SENT TO DISTRICT BOARDS, AND THE AUTHORS OF INCLUDED IN THE COMPENDIUM.
THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS, THE THE SUBMISSIONS WHICH WERE
COPIES WILL ALSO BE DEPOSITED WITH DISTRICT OFFICES AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION AFTER THE CHINESE NEW YEAR.
THE SPOKESMAN NOTED THAT IN HIS ADDRESS, THE GOVERNOR HAD EMPHASISED THAT HE WAS SETTING OUT PROPOSALS, NOT DECISIONS, AND HE HOPED THAT THEY WOULD BE THE BASIS FOR DIALOGUE AND DEBATE.
"SINCE THEN, THE GOVERNOR HAS CONSULTED THE MAIN POLITICAL GROUPS AND PARTIES. AT THE SAME TIME, THE GOVERNMENT HAS RECEIVED WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS CONTAINING VIEWS AND SUGGESTIONS ON VARIOUS ELEMENTS OF THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE 1994/95 ELECTIONS,' THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
11
THE UNEDITED TEXTS OF THESE SUBMISSIONS ARE INCLUDED IN THE COMPENDIUM, EXCEPT FOR THOSE FOR WHICH IT HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE ΤΟ CONFIRM THE AUTHORS' PERMISSION FOR THEIR SUBMISSIONS TO BE INCLUDED.
DISCUSSIONS ON THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSALS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, THE URBAN AND REGIONAL COUNCILS AND DISTRICT BOARDS HAVE NOT BEEN INCLUDED BECAUSE THEY ARE A MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD AND ARE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION.
ALSO EXCLUDED ARE THOSE MANY COMMENTS AND VIEWS THAT HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED IN NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS, UNLESS THEY HAVE BEEN SEPARATELY SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNMENT.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE PURPOSE OF PUBLISHING THE COMPENDIUM WAS TO PROVIDE A HANDY REFERENCE FOR MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC, WHEN THEY EXAMINE THE GOVERNMENT'S DRAFT LEGISLATION FOR THE 1994/95 ELECTIONS.
IT IS EXPECTED THAT THERE WILL BE FURTHER VIEWS AFTER THE PUBLICATION OF THE COMPENDIUM. WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE AUTHORS, THESE WILL BE PRESENTED TO MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WHEN THEY ARE RECEIVED.
12