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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1987

THE SURVEY RESULTS, SHE SAID, HAD ALSO SHOWN CONFUSION EXISTED IN THE MINDS OF MANY PEOPLE ABOUT THE POLITICAL SYSTEM AS WELL AS THE EXTENT OF PUBLIC DISINTEREST IN CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

"IF WE ARE TO HOLD A WORTHWHILE DIRECT ELECTION. WE MUST BATTLE AGAINST AND PREVAIL OVER' INERTIA' AND 'IGNORANCE'," SHE SAID.

MRS FAN SAID SHE WANTED TO SEE A DIRECT ELECTION CONDUCTED WITH DIGNITY WHERE REASON PREVAILED OVER EMOTION.

SHE WAS CONFIDENT THAT THIS GOAL COULD BE ATTAINED IF PEOPLE DEVELOPED, THROUGH EFFECTIVE CIVIC EDUCATION, ATTITUDES OF FAIR-MINDEDNESS, OBJECTIVITY AND INDEPENDENT THINGKING; AND ALSO DEVELOPED THE POWER TO DISTINGUISH PROPAGANDIST TACTICS FROM VALID REASONS, EMPTY PROMISES FROM ACTUAL PERFORMANCE, AND INSINUATIONS FROM FACTS.

FOCUS ON THREE-TIER SYSTEM

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THE FINDINGS OF THE SURVEY OFFICE MUST BE LOOKED AT CONTEXT OF THE EVOLUTION OF HONG KONG'S GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE, DR HON KIM CHAM SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

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IN THIS RESPECT, HE SAID HE WOULD LIKE ΤΟ COMMENT GOVERNMENT'S THREE-TIER SYSTEM.

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NOTING THAT VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THE DISTRICT BOARDS OVERWHELMINGLY IN FAVOUR OF EXPANSION, DR CHAM SAID THE PRACTICAL, SOLUTION WAS THAT THE DB'S SHOULD TAKE DECISIONS AND THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE SHOULD IMPLEMENT THEM.

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HE ADDED: "THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT BOARD SHOULD INITIALLY BE A MEMBER OF THE DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, WHERE LATER ON, HE SHOULD TAKE OVER AS CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.

"THIS WOULD ENSURE BETTER MONITORING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DECISIONS TAKEN BY THE DISTRICT BOARDS.

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ON THE COMPOSITION OF DB'S, DR CHAM SAID THOUGH EXPRESSED VIEWS MIGHT INDICATE A WISH FOR CHANGE, THERE WAS STRONG EVIDENCE FROM PUBLIC OPINION SURVEYS THAT NO CHANGE WAS PREFERRED.

/HE NOTED