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WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1987

ON THE QUESTION

OF WHETHER

THE GOVERNOR

REMAIN SHOULD SAID HE DID NOT SEE ANY APPROPRIATE TO LEAVE

PRESIDENT OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, HE URGENCY IN MAKING CHANGES AND IT WOULD BE MORE THE EXISTING ARRANGEMENTS INTACT AT THIS STAGE.

MR HU SAID THE KEY WORD FOR "I HAD OBJECTED TO

URBAN

AS REGARDS THE THREE-TIER SYSTEM, THE ADMINISTRATION OF HONG KONG WAS EFFICIENCY. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SEPARATE REGIONAL COUNCIL ALONGSIDE THE

SERVICES IN THE RURAL AREAS. COUNCIL TO TAKE CARE OF MUNICIPAL

REGIONAL COUNCIL IS REDUNDANT STILL THINK THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE AND IS A WRONG DECISION," HE SAID.

I

MY VIEW

AS

'HOWEVER, WE CANNOT PUT THE CLOCK BACK AT THIS STAGE. IS THAT WE SHOULD LEAVE THE EXISTING ARRANGEMENTS AS THEY ARE WITH LITTLE CHANGE AS POSSIBLE BEFORE 1997.

PRESENT THREE-TIER FURTHERMORE, TWO ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS IN THE

AND THE DISTRICT BOARDS

WERE REGIONAL COUNCIL

ONLY SYSTEM, THE

DISTRICT BOARD ELECTION WAS ESTABLISHED IN RECENT YEARS. THE FIRST

BEING HELD IN 1982 WHILE THE REGIONAL COUNCIL ONLY FORMALLY CAME INTO LAST YEAR.

FIND OUT HOW "WE SHOULD ALLOW MORE TIME FOR THE COMMUNITY TO THIS SYSTEM WORKS AND REASSESS THE DIFFERENT ROLES CONCERNED.

SYSTEM. FOR AND IMPROVE THE

"HOWEVER, I WOULD SUPPORT SOME FINE-TUNING OF THE

THE OPERATION NEED TO WE

STREAMLINE

INSTANCE, COMMUNICATION AMONG THE THREE LEVELS."

A

MR HU SAID HE SUPPORTED THE PROPOSAL TO GIVE DISTRICT BOARDS

AS THIS WOULD ROLE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF CERTAIN DISTRICT FACILITIES PROVIDE THEM VERY USEFUL TRAINING IN DISTRICT MANAGEMENT.

MERGING

THE SMALL

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"IN THE LONG RUN, WE WILL HAVE TO CONSIDER EXISTING THREE-TIER SYSTEM INTO A TWO-TIER ONE. HONG KONG IS SO

OF MANAGEMENT, THAT IT DOES NOT REALLY REQUIRE A COMPLICATED SYSTEM HE SAID.

WHILE

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"ONE OF THE FUTURE TWO TIERS SHOULD BE DISTRICT-ORIENTED THE OTHER SHOULD OF COURSE BE AT THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LEVEL.

THE PRESENT URBAN COUNCIL HE SAID THE LAYER-IN-BETWEEN, REGIONAL COUNCIL, COULD BE FADED OUT AT AN APPROPRIATE TIME.

"BUT ALL THESE CHANGES SHOULD ONLY TAKE PLACE AFTER HONG KONG HAS SETTLED IN ITS NEW MODEL OF ADMINISTRATION.

ON THE CURRENT SURVEY EXERCISE IN REGARD TO MR HU SAID HE HAD CANVASSED A WIDE RANGE OF

AND

HAD

THE DISTINCT

PAPER IGNORANCE ABOUT ITS CONTENTS.

FEELING THAT

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AND

1997 WHEN

THE GREEN PAPER, PEOPLE ABOUT THE GREEN

WAS A THERE

GENERAL

"BEFORE THE