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THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1985
+SINCE, HOWEVER, THE PEOPLE REPRESENTED BY THE HEUNG YEE KUK ARE SCATTERED OVER A VERY WIDE AREA, THEY CANNOT FORM A SEPARATE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRICT. MAY 1, THEREFORE, BOLDLY PROPOSE THAT, IN ALL FAIRNESS, THE HEUNG YEE KUK BE GIVEN A SEAT AS A SEPARATE CONSTITUENCY IN THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE SO THAT IT CAN PROPERLY REPRESENT THE RURAL POPULATION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES?+
HE SAID THAT A FEW SEATS ON THE NEW TERRITORIES REGIONAL COUNCIL WERE NO SUBSTITUTE FOR THE HEUNG YEE KUK'S FORMER ACCESS TO THE HIGHEST AUTHORITY IN ADMINISTRATION ON MATTERS OF
IMPORTANCE.
+OVER THE PAST 40 YEARS, I HAVE PERSONALLY WITNESSED THE RISE OF THESE COMPLEX PROBLEMS FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES: THE INROADS ON PRIVATELY-OWNED. FERTILE AGRICULTURAL LAND RESUMED FOR RAILWAYS AND ROADS, FOR RESERVOIRS AND CATCHMENTS, FOR POLICE-STATIONS AND MILITARY CAMPS, FOR CEMETERIES AND A CONTAINER PORT.
+ I HAVE SEEN ENTIRE VALLEYS IN TSUEN WAN, KWAI CHUNG, SHA TIN AND TUEN MUN TAKEN OVER FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SATELLITE TOWNS AND HOUSING ESTATES ON A SCALE UNKNOWN IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD, EVEN WHERE RURAL LAND IS GOING ABEGGING, AND THE END OF LAND-RESUMPTION IS NOT YET IN SIGHT.
+ IT IS THE HEUNG YEE KUK THAT HAS REPRESENTED THE NEW TERRITORIES VILLAGERS, FOUGHT THE IR BATTLES FOR FAIR COMPENSATION AND STRIVEN TO LESSEN THE SHOCK TO FARMERS.AND VILLAGERS. DE DISPLACEMENT AND DISORIENTATION.
MANY OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR MEANS OF LIVELIHOOD ON THE LAND AND HAVE BEEN FORCED, WITHOUT PREPARATION, INTO URBAN LIFE.
+MANY OF THEIR CHILDREN HAVE BEEN FORCED TO GO OVERSEAS TO FIND EMPLOYMENT IN RESTAURANTS AND OTHER CATERING SERVICES AND HAVE SUFFERED FROM THE BREAKDOWN OF FAMILY TIES AND FAMILY TRADITIONS.
+ IT HAS BEEN AND STILL IS THE HEUNG YEE KUK WHICH BEST UNDERSTANDS THE IR PROBLEMS AND IT ALONE CAN REPRESENT THEIR NEEDS FAIRLY AND AUTHORITATIVELY TO THE HONG KONG ADMINISTRATION. TO DO THIS PROPERLY IT MUST HAVE A VOICE ON THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, + SAID MR CHEUNG.
HE ALSO QUESTIONED WHY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PROFESSIONAL PS, ACCOUNTANTS, WOULD HAVE NO REPRESENTATIVE.
+THIS, I HOPE, IS ONLY AN OVERSIGHT, HE SAID.
/+SINCE HONG ................
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