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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1988

"WE'VE GOT GEOGRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION AT THE MOMENT FROM THE HAVE DIRECT DISTRICT BOARDS AND WE'VE NOW PROGRESSED SO THAT WE WILL

ΤΟ MOVE GEOGRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION. IT MAKES SENSE

FROM THOSE 10 INDIRECTLY ELECTED SEATS TO 10 DIRECTLY ELECTED," HE SAID.

"IT LEAVES ROOM, OBVIOUSLY, FOR FURTHER EXPANSION. THERE'S A MADE BETWEEN GREAT DEAL OF FURTHER CHANGE THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE

THE NUMBER 1991 AND 1997, AND ONE OF THOSE CHANGES WILL BE TO EXPAND OF DIRECTLY ELECTED SEATS," HE ADDED.

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"I THINK IT IS A GOOD FIRST STEP, SIR DAVID SAID.

IN

THE

WHITE

PAPER

THE GOVERNOR STRESSED THAT THE PROPOSALS DID NOT LESSEN THE IMPORTANCE ATTACHED TO THE DISTRICT BOARDS.

REMAIN

A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR

"THE DISTRICT BOARDS THREE-TIER SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT.

"THE THREE TIERS NOW WILL WORK IN A MORE LOGICAL WAY SO THAT

BASIC LEVEL YOU HAVE REPRESENTATION GOING UP THE PYRAMID FROM THE

INTO BOARDS ELECTIONS INTO THE DISTRICT BOARDS, DISTRICT AND REGIONAL COUNCILS, FROM THOSE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, SIR DAVID SAID.

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TWO MUNICIPAL

THE URBAN COUNCILS INTO THE

THE GOVERNOR STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION AND TEACHER TRAINING IN HONG KONG.

PEOPLE OF OUR PLACE

"IT'S VITAL FOR A PLACE LIKE HONG KONG THAT WE SHOULD INCREASE THE NUMBER OF HIGHLY-EDUCATED PEOPLE WE HAVE HERE. WE NEED TALENT IF WE'RE GOING TO REMAIN A DYNAMIC ECONOMY AND KEEP IN THE WORLD AS AN INTERNATIONAL CITY," SIR DAVID SAID.

WAS THE GOVERNOR SAID HE

IMPRESSED WITH THE FACILITIES

AND GRANTHAM COLLEGE

WITH THE HIGHLY SKILLED TEACHERS. ALSO NOTED THE ENORMOUS ENTHUSIASIM AND DEDICATION OF THE STUDENTS.

AT

HE

SIR DAVID PRAISES WORK OF LIFE QUARDS

NEARLY 20,000 LIVES HAVE BEEN

SAVED SINCE THE WATER SAFETY

CAMPAIGN WAS LAUNCHED IN 1962.

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID

(THURSDAY) WILSON, SAID THIS TODAY

KONG) то AT A RECEPTION GIVEN BY THE ROYAL LIFE SAVING SOCIETY (HONG MARK THE SILVER JUBILEEOF THE WATER SAFETY CAMPAIGN.

THOSE WHO "ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY, I SHOULD LIKE TO THANK

ESPECIALLY THE QUALIFIED HAVE RISKED THEIR OWN LIVES TO SAVE OTHERS,

GAZETTED BEACHES LIFE GUARDS WHO WORK AT SWIMMING POOLS AND THE MANY THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY, SIR DAVID SAID.

/HE NOTED