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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1985

TO COMPLETE THE PATTERN, THERE WERE REPRESENTATIVES IN THE CHAMBER OF ALL THE MAJOR FUNCTIONAL ORGANISATIONS AND SECTORS OF OUR SOCIETY.

+THE SYSTEM AS A WHOLE IS THUS BOTH REPRESENTATIVE AND CLOSELY KNIT,+ SIR EDWARD SAID.

DESCRIBING FURTHER THE STRUCTURE OF THE GOVERNMENT, SIR EDWARD SAID THAT THERE HAD, IN 1985, BEEN MAJOR PROGRESS IN THE DISTRICT BOARDS.

AT THE ELECTIONS OF MARCH 7, THE NUMBER OF BOARD MEMBERS DIRECTLY ELECTED INCREASED FROM 132 TO 237. IN ADDITION, 132 MEMBERS HAD BEEN APPOINTED FROM A WIDE CROSS-SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY.

THIS COMPOSITION ENHANCED THE REPRESENTATIVE NATURE OF THE BOARDS AND ENSURED CONTINUITY OF PROVEN EXPERIENCE, HE SAID.

+THE RECONSTITUTED BOARDS HAVE DEMONSTRATED THEIR EFFECTIVENESS IN IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENT OF THEIR DISTRICTS, AND IN REFLECTING THE VIEWS OF LOCAL RESIDENTS ON LOCAL ISSUES, HE SAID.

REFERRING TO THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL, CONSTITUTED IN APRIL THIS YEAR TO PREPARE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FULL REGIONAL COUNCIL IN APRIL 1, 1986, HE SAID IT HAD SET ABOUT ITS TASK WITH VIGOUR.

LIKE ITS URBAN COUNTERPART, THE NEW COUNCIL WOULD BE FINANCIALLY AUTONOMOUS AND WOULD DERIVE MOST OF ITS REVENUE FROM THE RATES. IT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL ASPECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, RECREATION AND CULTURE, OUTSIDE THE MAIN URBAN AREA.

MANY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, AS OF THE

URBAN COUNCIL, WOULD BE DIRECTLY ELECTED.

+ I AM CONF IDENT THAT THE REGIONAL COUNCIL WILL ACHIEVE THE SAME SUCCESS AS THE LONG-ESTABLISHED URBAN COUNCIL IN CARRYING OUT THIS IMPORTANT WORK,+ SIR EDWARD SAID.

CONSULTATIVE PAPER ON REDRESS SYSTEM READY BY END OF YEAR

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MORE WORK REMAINS TO BE DONE ON THE REVIEW OF THE EFFICACY OF EXISTING AVENUES OF REDRESS, BUT BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, A CONSULTATIVE DOCUMENT SHOULD BE READY FOR PUBLICATION, THE GOVERNÜK, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IN HIS ANNUAL ADDRESS AT THE NEW SESSION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, SIR EDWARD POINTED OUT THAT THE DOCUMENT WOULD OUTLINE THE PRESENT SITUATION AND SET OUT OPTIONS FOR BUILDING ON PRESENT SYSTEMS.

/+IT WILL