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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21. 1989
INDUSTRIALISTS BRGED TO HELP BUILD BETTER HK
LOCAL INDUSTRIALISTS WERF TODAY (SATURDAY) URGED TO CONTRIBUTE THEIR EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE TOWARDS BUILDING A BETTER FUTURE FOR HONG KONG BY PARTICIPATING IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION.
THE PLEA WAS MADE BY THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON. MR DAVID LAN. AT A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT INDUSTRIALISTS' ASSOCIATION.
HE POINTED OUT THAT AS THE TERRITORY'S STABILITY AND PROSPERITY HINGED ON COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS. THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR HAD AN IMPORTANT ROLE ΤΟ PLAY IN THE LOCAL POLITICAL SETUP.
"AT PRESENT. THE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL SECTORS EACH OCCUPIES TWO SEATS FOR FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. AND THERE ARE MANY INDUSTRIALISTS SITTING ON THE URBAN COUNCIL. DISTRICT BOARDS AND AREA COMMITTEES. HE NOTED.
MẸ LAN SAID THERE WERF MANY WAYS OF SUPPORTING ADMINISTRATION.
DISTRICT
BESIDES DIRECT PARTICIPATION. ANOTHER WAY WAS ΤΟ SPONSOR DISTRICT ACTIVITIES WHICH HELF TO ENHANCE PARTICIPANTS' SENSE OF BELONGING TO THE COMMUNITY.
BY READILY GIVING VIEWS ON INDIVIDUAL MATTERS, INDUSTRIALISTS, WHO MIGHT BE LOOKING AT THINGS FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. COULD HELP DRAW THE GOVERNMENT'S ATTENTION ΤΟ THE DIFFERENT NEEDS AND ASPIRATIONS WHEN MAPPING OUT FUTURE POLICIES.
AS FOR THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS IN 1991. MR LAN SAID NO DECISION HAD YET BEEN MADE. BUT MANY PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE HAD ADVOCATED THE RETENTION OF THE APPOINTMENT SYSTEM AND THE 2:1 RATIO BETWEEN ELECTED AND APPOINTED MEMBERS.
THAT A REFLECT
THE REASON FOR RETAINING THE APPOINTMENT SYSTEM) IS DISTRICT BOARD IS A CONSULTATIVE BODY. AND MUST BE ABLE TO BALANCED VIEWS. WHICH CAN HARDLY BE ACHIEVED SOLELY BY DISTRICT ELECTIONS." HE SAID.
HE NOTED THAT DESPITE THE RELATIVELY SHORT HISTORY OF DISTRICT BOARDS. THE NUMBER OF ELECTED MEMBERS HAD DEEN INCREASED QUITE RAPIDLY, NOW OCCUPYING TWO-THIRDS OF THE TOTAL SEATS. SINCE 1980 WHEN ALL SEATS WERE FILLED BY GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENT.
MR LAN ADDED THAT HE WELCOMED FURTHER VIEWS FROM THE PUBLIC ON THE APPOINTMENT SYSTEM AND THE RATIO BETWEEN ELECTED AND
APPOINTED
MEMBERS.
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