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THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1987

DEBATES MARKED WORKING STYLE OF LEGCO

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT WORKING STYLE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WAS

BY MARKED DEVELOPMENT OF DEBATE AND IN THIS SESSION, THERE WAS A RECORD NUMBER OF ADJOURNMENT DEBATES.

IN HIS CLOSING REMARKS OF THE 1986-87 SESSION, SIR DAVID NOTED THAT "IT IS THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF DEBATE, COMBINED WITH QUESTION FUNCTIONS, TIME, THAT THIS COUNCIL PERFORMS ONE OF ITS MOST IMPORTANT

THE THAT OF QUESTIONING

ADMINISTRATION ON ITS POLICIES; PUTTING FORWARD SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT; AND SUBJECTING LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS TO CRITICAL EXAMINATION.'

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HE ALSO SAID THAT THERE HAD BEEN MUCH AIRED OF THE DIFFERING VIEWS WHICH HAD BEEN THE SESSION, BUT HE DID NOT SEE DEBATES WITH UNHEALTHY SIGN.

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COMMENT ON SOME IN THE COUNCIL DURING DIFFERING VIEWS AS AN

"IT IS RIGHT THAT THE DIFFERING POINTS OF VIEW SHOULD BE SUBJECTED TO CRITICAL ANALYSIS IN THIS COUNCIL AND THAT, HAVING DONE SO THE COUNCIL SHOULD, IF NECESSARY, VOTE ON THE POLICY TO BE ADOPTED.

SIR DAVID

SAID THAT

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"IT IS ONLY IN THIS WAY THAT SENSIBLE POLICIES, WHICH MEET NEEDS AND ASPIRATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY, CAN BE DEVISED," HE ADDED.

THE EVENTS OF THE SESSION HAD ALSO DIFFERENCES ABOUT MEANS, MEMBERS DEMONSTRATED THAT, WHATEVER THEIR WERE AT ONE ABOUT THE DESIRED END: THAT OF SERVING

INTERESTS OF OF THE POEPLE OF HONG KONG AND PROMOTING THE STABILITY AND PROSPERITY THE TERRITORY.

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SIR DAVID PAID TRIBUTE TO THE LATE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD

THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL YOUDE, WHO WAS THE PRESIDENT OF

THE HE ALSO NOTED THAT DEATH IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR. WAS

MEMBERS FOR THEIR THOUGHTFUL

AND

UNTIL HIS ADMINISTRATION CONSTRUCTIVE

ΤΟ GRATEFUL CONTRIBUTIONS.

"THESE HAVE DONE MUCH TO IMPROVE THE POLICIES THE COUNCIL HAS CONSIDERED," HE SAID.

AND BILLS THAT

A PITY IF THE MORE PUBLIC ATTENTION FROM THE MANY

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AND COMMITTEES

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SIR DAVID SAID THAT IT WOULD BE EXCITEMENTS OF THIS SESSION WERE TO DIVERT HUNDREDS OF HOURS THAT MEMBERS HAD SPENT HOC GROUPS OF THE COUNCIL AS WELL AS OMELCO'S PANELS SCRUTINISING ACTIVITIES AND PROPOSALS PUT FORWARD BY THE GOVERNMENT.

"SUCH WORK IS RARELY GLAMOROUS.

AND IT IS SERIOUS

DEMANDING.

TIME

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I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO MEMBERS FOR DEVOTING SO MUCH OF THEIR

THE ENERGY TO IT. NOR WOULD I WISH TO OVERLOOK

CONTRIBUTION OFFICIAL MEMBERS AND OF OFFICIALS WHO ATTEND THE VARIOUS COMMITTEE THE COUNCIL.

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