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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1987

STATEMENT ISSUED ON BEHALF OF THE URBAN COUNCIL

AT THIS MORNING'S EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE URBAN COUNCIL, MEMBERS DECIDED TO UNANIMOUSLY OPPOSE THE PROPOSED CHANGE TO THE COMPOSITION OF DISTRICT WHICH URBAN COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD CEASE TO BE EX-OFFICIO THE DISTRICT BOARDS FROM THE END OF MARCH 1989.

BOARDS BY MEMBERS

OF

BE MADE EXCELLENCY то BE PUT TO THE OF THE

APPROACH MEMBERS FURTHER UNANIMOUSLY DECIDED THAT AN THROUGH THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR AN URGENT MEETING WITH HIS THE GOVERNOR TO DISCUSS THIS AND OTHER PROPOSALS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WHICH WILL AFFECT URBAN COUNCIL VIS-A-VIS THE DISTRICT BOARDS.

THE PRESENT POSITION

BELIEVED THEY SERVED A BY BEING MEMBERS OF

THEY COUNCILLORS WERE EMPHATIC THAT VALUABLE PURPOSE FROM A DISTRICT POINT OF VIEW THE DISTRICT BOARDS.

COUNCILLORS HAVE

SERVED

SINCE

A STROKE OF

THEIR

THE

ON DISTRICT BOARDS INCEPTION AND ARE LOATH TO SEE THIS LINK BROKEN BY LEGISLATIVE PEN.

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MUST BE MADE, AT THE

URBAN ELECTED

COUNCILLORS

IF, HOWEVER UNWELCOME IT IS, A CHANGE VERY LEAST WE FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THE SHOULD MOST DEFINITELY RETAIN THEIR SEATS ON THE DISTRICT BOARDS.

THE HEAD

GUANGDONG DELEGATION VISITS EPD

OF THE GUANGDONG

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

BUREAU,

MR QIANG BINGHUAN, AND SENIOR OFFICIALS FROM GUANGZHOU AND SHENZHEN CONCLUDED A WEEK-LONG VISIT TO HONG KONG TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

COLLABORATION

DURING THEIR STAY, THEY DISCUSSED MATTERS OF MUTUAL CONCERN AND

FOR FUTURE CONSIDERED AREAS

WITH STAFF OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT.

THE

ALSO

THE VISITED

GOVERNMENT

KWU

DELEGATION SIX-MEMBER LABORATORY, THE LIVESTOCK WASTE CONTROL DEMONSTRATION PLANT AT TA LING AND THE MAI PO MARSHES CONSERVATION AREA.

IMPORTANT GUANGDONG AND

"SINCE WE LAST MET IN MAY 1986, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BOTH IN HONG KONG", OBSERVED MR QIANG BEFORE LEAVING FOR GUANGZHOU.

REPORTS

ON

ON

THE

DURING MEETINGS BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES, THERE WERE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN GUANGZHOU, SHENZHEN AND HONG KONG AND WORK OF THE SOUTH CHINA ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE INSTITUTE.

/THEY ALSO

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