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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1987

CS CONFIDENT MAJORITY WILL ACCEPT REPORT

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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, MX DAVID FORD, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE

OF COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) HE IS CONFIDENT THAT THE MAJORITY

JS: KONG PEOPLE WILL ACCEPT THE SURVEY OFFICE REPORT FOR WHAT IT

NO MORE, IMPARTIAL RECORD OF THE VIEWS THAT HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED LESS.

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IN WINDING UP THE DEBATE ON THE REPORT, WHICH COLLATED THE PUBLIC'S VIEWS ON THE

PAPER ON THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OP REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, MR FORD MADE THE FOLLOWING POINTS:

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GREEN

THE GOVERNMENT HAD APPROACHED THE SURVEY ON THE GREEN WITH A COMPLETELY OPEN MIND;

PAPER

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THE GOVERNMENT HAD NOT MANIPULATED PUBLIC OPINION;

FOR THE IT WAS NOT

SURVEY OFFICE то EXPRESSED OR DRAW CONCLUSIONS FROM THEM;

ASSESS THE VIEWS

ALL SUBMISSIONS HAD BEEN INCLUDED IN BEEN FAITHFULLY REPORTED.

THE

REPORT, ALL HAD

SURVEY AND

MR FORD SAID THAT IN THE DEBATE MANY MEMBERS HAD EXPRESSED THEIR FIRM CONVICTION IN THE INTEGRITY OF THE GREEN PAPËR OF THE SURVEY OFFICE REPORT.

THE SHARED BY

HOWEVER, IT APPEARED SOME PEOPLE MISUNDERSTOOD THE ROLE OF SURVEY OFFICE. "IT IS A MISUNDERSTANDING WHICH SEEMS TO BE MANY COMMENTATORS ON THE REPORT AND JUDGING BY SOME OF MADE THIS AFTERNOON, EVEN BY A FEW MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL,

THE COMMENTS

HE SAID.

WERE THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE SURVEY OFFICE

VERY CLEAR, RECEIVE AND WHICH WERE TO INVITE,

RECORD ALL VIEWS EXPRESSED IN COUNCIL AN IMPARTIAL AND WRITING, AND TO SUBMIT TO THE GOVERNOR IN ACCURATE REPORT COLLATING AND PRESENTING ALL SUCH VIEWS.

WHICH

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HAS

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IN THEIR 12-PAGE REPORT

HE SAID HAD, COUNCIL, RECEIVED SCANT ATTENTION OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS INDEPENDENT MONITORS HAD CONCLUDED THAT "THE SURVEY OFFICE

AND IMPARTIALLY CARRIED OUT ITS PROPERLY, ACCURATELY

DUTIES AND FOLLOWED THE PROCEDURES PRESCRIBED IN ITS TERMS OF REFERENCE."

WHICH

MR FORD SAID IT WAS NOW FOR MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL TO TAKE CAREFUL NOTE OF THE VIEWS

WERE INCLUDED IN THE SURVFY HAD BEEN MADE ON THE OFFICE REPORT AND THE COMMENTS WHICH

REPORT TAKE THEM INTO INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CHAMBER AND TO

ACCOUNT WHEN BF

ΤΟ MADE DECIDING WHAT ADVICE TO GIVE ON WHAT CHANGES SHOULD

THE SYSTEM OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN 1988.

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