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Thursday, November 2, 1972
"The majority of the members of Hong Kong's community are Chinese
who strongly uphold the virtue of filial love. As long as they are capable
of supporting their parents, they will not ask for help from other people."
"Those who do come forward to seek assistance must be those who
are desperate," he added.
Turning to the City District Officer scheme, Mr. Lee said the time
had now come for the government to consider giving the C.D.0.'s some executive
authority.
"In view of the fact that all C.D.O.'s are better acquainted with
what is going on in their districts than most other gov rament departments,
it is beyond doubt that if they were given a limited but appropriate executive
authority, their effectiveness would be further enhanced," he added.
At the same time, he hoped the government would give priority to
appointing more experienced staff to the achome to enable its further
In recent years, he development for the benefit of the entire community.
said, some of the administrative officers recruited to serve as C.D.O."
had only one or two years experience in the government.
Mr. Lee also called on the Financial Secretary "to inform us of
recent developments over the sterling guarantee and to assure us that our reserves are well protected" in view of the uncertainty overhanging the future
of the Guarantee and in particular the recent weakness of the pound.
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