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Government attendance at district board meetings
The following is a question by the Hon Zachary Wong and a written reply by the Secretary for Transport, Mr Haider Barma, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Question:
It is learnt that despite repeated requests, the Highways Department has been declining to send representatives to some district board meetings, causing dissatisfaction among members of those district boards. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council :
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(d)
(e)
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of the criteria adopted by government departments in deciding whether to send representatives to or to decline attendance at district board meetings;
the district boards whose meetings the Highways Department has declined to send representatives to in the last district board session;
the district boards whose meetings the Highways Department has declined to send representatives to since the commencement of the current district board session;
of the reasons why the Highways Department declines to send representatives to district board meetings;
whether the operation of a district board was disrupted, as a result of the absence of an official from the Highways Department who had promised to attend a district board meeting but proceeded on leave without arranging for a replacement to attend the meeting, causing delay in the discussion of the projects concerned; and
how the above situation can be improved?