XN000022-1989-02-24 — Page 7

6

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1989

THE NEW MEMBERS

APPOINTED ARE MR JASON YUEN KING-YUK AND

DR STAN CHEUNG TSANG-KAY,

IN COMMENTING ON THE ANNOUNCEMENT, THE SECRETARY FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES, MR AUGUSTINE CHUI, PAID TRIBUTE TO THE TWO OUTGOING MEMBERS

MR WALTER SULKE AND MRS NELLIE FONG WONG KUT-MAN,

"DURING THEIR TERM

OF SERVICE, THEIR EXPERIENCE AND VALUABLE SERVICE HAS BEEN DEEPLY APPRECIATED, HE SAID.

||

OF THE NEW MEMBERS APPOINTED, HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT THEIR PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE WOULD BE VERY VALUABLE ΤΟ THE COUNCIL.

MR YUEN IS AN ARCHITECT. HE HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. HE IS A SPECIALIST ON THE RESTORATION OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS, AND IS THE FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE ANTIQUITIES ADVISORY BOARD WHICH HE HAS SERVED FOR ABOUT 12 YEARS.

DR CHEUNG IS A DIRECTOR OF SEVERAL BUSINESS FIRMS. HE IS A MEMBER OF THE BROADCASTING AUTHORITY, A MEMBER OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, AND A MEMBER OF DEPARTMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEES OF THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC AND THE CITY POLYTECHNIC OF HONG KONG.

REGIONAL SECRETARY SPEAKS ON DISTRICT BOARDS

GIVING DISTRICT BOARDS CERTAIN SPECIFIC EXECUTIVE TASKS MIGHT PLACE THE BOARDS UNDER CONSTRAINT BECAUSE THEY WOULD THEN BE BOUND BY THE "ULTRA VIRES" PRINCIPLES, LIKE MOST LOCAL COUNCILS IN OTHER COUNTRIES, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR DAVID LAN, SAID THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING.

WAS NOT

19

FURTHERMORE, GIVEN THE PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS AND SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES OF HONG KONG, IT

PRACTICABLE TO SET UP AUTONOMOUS DISTRICT COUNCILS EACH HAVING EXECUTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OVER TRANSPORT, HYGIENE, EDUCATION, ETC, HE ADDED.

MR LAN WAS REFERRING TO CRITICISMS THAT THE LACK OF EXECUTIVE POWERS FOR DISTRICT BOARDS HAD CAUSED FRUSTRATION ΤΟ SOME MEMBERS, WHEN HE GAVE A TALK ON "MY PERCEPTION OF THE DISTRICT BOARD TODAY" A LIONS CLUB ZONE IV JOINT DINNER MEETING.

UNDER THE PRESENT ARRANGEMENTS, OPERATED UNDER THE "INTRA VIRES" PRINCIPLE.

AT

HE SAID, DISTRICT BOARDS

"THE BOARDS ARE NOT LEGALLY RESTRICTED TO DISCUSS THIS OR THAT TOPIC 50 LONG AS THE TOPIC AFFECTS THE LIVELIHOOD OF RESIDENTS IN THE DISTRICT.

/DB'S, UNTRAMMELLED