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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1987

ON THE SUBJECT

HON

EXPENSES

THE RETURNS, OF THE ELECTION

THE AMOUNT OF DETAIL TO BR DESMOND LEE HAD QUERIED THE NEED FOR

THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE PROVIDED BY CANDIDATES. MR LIAO CLARIFIED

OF BILL WAS TO INTRODUCE A MORE FLEXIBLE ARRANGEMENT WHEREBY THE FORM ELECTION EXPENSES RETURN AND DECLARATION NEED NOT BE SPECIFIED BY LAW, THE DEPUTY CHIEF BUT WOULD INSTEAD BE SPECIFIED ADMINISTRATIVELY BY SECRETARY.

AS STRAIGHTFORWARD

MEMBERS

"I HAVE BEEN ASSURED THAT THE FORM WILL BE

CONSULTATION WITH WILL BE AS POSSIBLE AND THERE

HE INTRODUCED, AMENDMENTS ARE

OF THIS ADDING SAID,

THAT WAY

COUNCIL BEFORE CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIONS WOULD ALSO BE INFORMED OF THE CHANGES BY OF GUIDANCE NOTES AND BRIEFING SESSIONS.

COUNCILLOR SUPPORTS ANTI-NAME DROPPING BILL

OF

LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR THE HON MISS MARIA TAM TODAY (WEDNESDAY)

PRACTICES AND ILLEGAL SPOKE IN SUPPORT OF THE CORRUPT

(AMENDMENT} BILL 1987 WHICH MADE IT AN OFFENCE FOR A CANDIDATE TO USE THE NAME ANOTHER PERSON OR ORGANISATION IN SUPPORT OF HIS CAMPAIGN WITHOUT PRIOR CONSENT OF THAT PERSON OR ORGANISATION.

SPEAKING

THE

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL,

MISS

THE

TAM IN

SAID THAT DISTRICT CONSIDERING THAT THE COLLECTIVE WEIGHT OF THE OPINION OF THE

ONLY REASONABLE THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS HAD GROWN WITH TIME, IT WAS

THE BETTER OR BEST INDIVIDUAL CANDIDATE HOLDING HIMSELF FORWARD AS

BE HONEST ABOUT HIS OWN

AND CREDENTIALS CHOICE FOR THE JOB MUST

HIS PERSONAL SHOULD NOT MAKE FALSE STATEMENTS OF FACT IN RELATION TO CHARACTER, QUALIFICATIONS OR CONDUCT.

AND

16 (1) SECTION

OF THE EXISTING CORRUPT SHE NOTED THAT

PRACTICES ILLEGAL PRACTICES ORDINANCE ALREADY LEGISLATED AGAINST SUCH

THE DATE AND THE PENALTY INCLUDED A SEVEN-YEAR DISQUALIFICATION FROM

AS AN ELECTOR OR VOTE AT ANY OF HIS CONVICTION TO BE REGISTERED ELECTION.

IN SHE SAID THE PROPOSALS CONTAINED IN THE AMENDMENT BILL WERE

THE CANDIDATE SHOULD BE LINE WITH THE SPIRIT OF SECTION 16 IN THAT

AND THAT THE IN

ABOUT HIMSELF, TRUTHFUL

PROVIDING INFORMATION INTEGRITY OF A FAIR AND HONEST ELECTION MUST BE SAFEGUARDED.

COUNCIL NAMES OF OWN ELECTION

"INDEED, IT IS PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE THAT IN THE 1985 URBAN ELECTION, THERE WERE GENUINE CASES WHEN CANDIDATES USED THE WELL KNOWN PUBLIC FIGURES IN HONG KONG TO ENDORSE THEIR

SHE SAID. CAMPAIGNS WITHOUT PROPER PRIOR CONSENTS,'

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"THE RESULTS