WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1988
"1988 IS, AS MEMBERS WILL BE AWARE, THE CHEST'S 20TH ANNIVERSARY AND THE CHEST IS THE UMBRELLA ORGANISATION FOR MANY OF HONG KONG'S MOST DESERVING CAUSES, HE SAID.
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THE IDEA WAS THAT STAMPS SHOULD SHOW BOTH THE POSTAGE AMOUNT AND, SEPARARTELY, THE DONATION ELEMENT.
HE SAID THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD HAVE THE CHOICE OF BUYING THE SLIGHTLY MORE EXPENSIVE CHARITY STAMPS OR STAMPS AT NORMAL PRICES.
"THERE WILL BE NO PRESSURE ON PEOPLE BUYING STAMPS TO OPT FOR THE CHARITY ONES, HE SAID.
DEBATE ON THE MOTION WAS ADJOURNED.
BILL ENHANCES KUK'S CAPABILITY
THE HEUNG YEE KUK (AMENDMENT) BILL 1988 ENHANCES THE CAPABILITY OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK IN COPING WITH THE CHANGING NEEDS AND TO IMPROVE ENABLES IT TO DRAW FROM A WIDER POOL OF AVAILABLE TALENTS ITS EFFICIENCY IN SERVING THE COMMUNITY, THE HON CHEUNG YAN-LUNG SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE AMENDMENT BILL IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR CHEUNG NOTED THAT THE 15 ADDITIONAL CO-OPTED COUNCILLORS
OF THE KUK PROPOSED IN THE BILL COULD NOT BE MEMBERS OF A RURL COMMITTEE BUT WERE OTHERWISE UNRESTRICTED AS TO THEIR ELIGIBILITY FOR OFFICE.
"THIS IS A CLEAR INDICATION OF THE KUK'S DETERMINATION ΤΟ CHANGE ITS RULES, HE SAID,
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"IF TALENTED PEOPLE ARE TO BECOME CO-OPTED COUNCILLORS ONLY BY WAY OF FLECTION OR NOMINATION ON A DISTRICT BASIS, IT WOULD BE
FROM DIFFICULT FOR THE HEUNG YEE KUK TO DRAW BENEFIT
THE TALENT OF INDIVIDUALS OF HIGH CALIBRE.
"HOWEVER, IT
CERTAIN
SHOULD HAVE TERRITORIES.*
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IS NECESSARY THAT THESE
WITH THE LOCAL
LINKS
CO-OPTED COUNCILLORS COMMUNITY
IN THE
NEW
/AS REGARDS
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