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MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1986

1987 REVIEW TO DEPEND ON WHITE PAPER

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THE SCOPE OF THE REVIEW OF POLITICAL REFORMS IN 1987 WILL FOLLOW ON FROM THE WHITE PAPER ON THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN HONG KONG AND THE WORKING OF THE SYSTEM AT THE PRESENT TIME, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS- JONES, SAID TODAY.

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE. SIR DAVID SAID THE REVIEW WOULD BE DONE IN THE WAY THAT REVIEWS HAD BEEN DONE IN THE PAST.

+WE WILL PUBLISH A GREEN PAPER AND THEN A WHITE PAPER,

I SUPPOSE, HE SAID.

COMMENTING ON REPORTS THAT THE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL SECTORS HAD NOT GIVEN ENOUGH SUPPORT TO THE RECENT URBAN COUNCIL AND REGIONAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS, SIR DAVID SAID THE RECENT ELECTIONS WERE REGIONAL ELECTIONS, NOT ELECTIONS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

+SO THEY DID CARRY A DIFFERENT COMPLEXION, HE SAID.

+THE ANALYSIS OF THE PEOPLE THAT STOOD FOR ELECTIONS AND

WERE ELECTED IS WELL KNOWN TO EVERYONE, HE ADDED.

AS REGARDS SUGGESTIONS FOR INCREASING THE NUMBER OF ELECTED MEMBERS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, SIR DAVID SAID WE MUST WAIT UNTIL THE 1987 REVIEW.

+AND THE NEW LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL HAS REALLY ONLY BEEN IN OPERATION NOW FOR A FEW MONTHS. I THINK WE MUST GIVE IT A BIT OF TIME YET.+

ON THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT OF AN OMBUDSMAN SYSTEM FOR HONG KONG, SIR DAVID SAID IT WAS HOPED TO PUBLISH A CONSULTATIVE DOCUMENT ON THE ISSUE WITHIN A FEW MONTHS.

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FUNDING EMPHASIS SHIFT NEEDED FOR SPORTS GROWTH CS

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THE PRESENT STATE OF SPORTS DEVELOPMENT IN HONG KONG CALLS FOR SOME SHIFT IN FUNDING EMPHASIS AWAY FROM COMPETITIVE EVENTS, TOWARDS THE MORE FUNDAMENTAL REQUIREMENTS OF DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING AND ADMINISTRATION, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE SPORTING LUNCHEON CLUB OF JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE, SIR DAVID SAID THAT OUR SPORTSMEN AND WOMEN HAD BEEN PERFORMING WELL, BUT ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT HAD NOT KEPT PACE WITH ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENT.

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