WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6. 1980
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+FIRSTLY, IT FACILITATES CO-ORDINATION, AMONG DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED, IN SOLVING LOCAL PROBLEMS AND ORGANISING RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES.
+SECONDLY, MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND THE PUBLIC CAN BE CULTIVATED.
+ IN FACT, OFFICIALS FROM GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WELCOME THE ESTABLISHMENT OF DABS BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE A CONVENIENT FORUM FOR CONSULTATION AND EXPLANATION OF GOVERNMENT PLANS AND POLICIES, SAID MR CHUI.
THE INCLUSION OF 27 RURAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN AS EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS OF DABS WAS DESIGNED TO ENSURE THAT THE VIEWS OF THE RURAL POPULATION WERE ADEQUATELY REPRESENTED AT DABS, HE SAID.
THIS DEMONSTRATED THAT IT WAS GOVERNMENT POLICY TO AVOID OVERLOOKING THE INTERESTS AND WELL-BEING OF RURAL RESIDENTS IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE APPOINTED UNOFFICIALS WERE DRAWN FROM A WIDE CROSS-SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY SO THAT MAJOR SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY WERE ADEQUATELY REPRESENTED.
IT WAS ALSO DESIGNED, SAID MR CHUI, TO PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN LOCAL AFFAIRS, THUS PROMOTING GREATER SENSE OF BELONGING AND PRIDE TO THE COMMUNITY.
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'NO HUNTING BILL PASSED
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THE WILD ANIMALS PROTECTION (AMENDMENT) BILL PROHIBITING HUNTING IN HONG KONG WAS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) WITH SEVERAL AMENDMENTS RECOMMENDED BY AN AD HOC GROUP OF UNOFFICIALS.
THE CONVENOR OF THE GROUP, THE HON PETER C. WONG SAID THE PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS OF HONG KONG'S TERRITORY SIMPLY LEFT NO ROOM FOR HUNTING,
+WITH URBANISATION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES AND THE UNPRECEDENTED GROWTH OF POPULATION, THERE ARE VERY FEW AREAS LEFT, IF ANY WHERE A GUN MAY BE FIRED WITHOUT THE RISK OF ENDANGERING LIFE AND LIMB.
+ IT IS THEREFORE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST THAT HUNTING SHOULD BE BANNED, HE SAID.
MR WONG SAID ONE AMENDMENT CONCERNED THE IMPLEMENTATION DATE OF THE BILL WILL BE DEFERRED TO JANUARY 1, 1981, TO GIVE THE HUNTERS' ASSOCIATION TIME TO ARRANGE AFFAIRS.
/THE DEFINITION
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