FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1934
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MACPHERSON TO HEAD SPECIAL OFFICE
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THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENT OF RIAN MACPHERSON, PRESENTLY ACTING SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, AS HEAD OF THE SPECIAL OFFICE TO BE SET UP TO COLLATE AND ASSESS PUBLIC VIEWS ON THE DRAFT SINO-BRITISH AGREEMENT ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.
THE OFFICE WILL PRODUCE A FINAL REPORT WHICH WILL BE PUBLISHED. MR MACPHERSON WILL REPORT DIRECTLY TO THE GOVERNOR. A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID DETAILS OF THE ASSESSMENT OFFICE HAD YET TO BE FINALISED.
DETAILS OF THE INDEPENDENT TEAM TO MONITOR THE WORK OF THE ASSESSMENT OFFICE WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN DUE COURSE.
PRIOR TO HIS BECOMING ACTING SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR MACPHERSON WAS REGIONAL SECRETARY, NEW TERRITORIES.
FUTURE MUST BE BUILT ON PRESENT SYSTEM
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BRAY
THE ACTING CHIEF SECRETARY, MR DENIS BRAY SAID TODAY THAT THE AIM OF THE GREEN PAPER ON THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT WAS TO FURTHER EXTEND PEOPLE'S PARTICIPATION IN GOVERNMENT BUSINESS IN STEADY PACES.
SPEAKING AT THE JOINT INSTALLATION CEREMONY OF THE LIONS AND LIONESS CLUBS OF HONG KONG THIS EVENING, MR BRAY POINTED OUT THAT ONE OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES BEHIND THE PROPOSALS WAS THAT OUR FUTURE POLITICAL SYSTEM MUST BE BUILT UPON THE PRESENT SYSTEM WHICH HAS PROVED TO BE WORKING WELL FOR HONG KONG.
MR BRAY OUTLINED TWO CHANNELS THROUGH WHICH THE PUBLIC MAY OFFER THEMSELVES TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
+FIRST, ANYONE OF YOU CAN RUN FOR ELECTION TO DISTRICT BOARDS, URBAN COUNCIL OR REGIONAL COUNCIL ON A DISTRICT CONSTITUENCY.
+ON BEING ELECTED A MEMBER OF THESE COUNCILS, THE DOOR IS OPEN FOR HIM TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IF SO ELECTED BY THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, HE SAID.
HE ADDED THAT BY 1988, THE PERSON CAN BE ELECTED BY HIS UNOFFICIAL COLLEAGUES IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
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