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(E) DISTRICT BOARDS

3.9

ALL THE 18 DISTRICT BOARDS DISCUSSED AND ENDORSED

THE DRAFT AGREEMENT ON THE FOLLOWING DATES :-

DISTRICT BOARDS

DATE OF MEETING

CENTRAL AND WESTERN

4 OCTOBER 1984

EASTERN

18 OCTOBER 1984

ISLANDS

KOWLOON CITY

KWUN TONG

MONG KOK

NORTH

SAI KUNG

SHA TIN

SHAM SHUI PO

SOUTHERN

TAI PO

TSUEN WAN

5 OCTOBER 1984

25 OCTOBER 1984

29 OCTOBER 1984

8 NOVEMBER 1984

8 OCTOBER 1984

8 OCTOBER 1984

4 OCTOBER 1984

19 OCTOBER 1984

19 OCTOBER

1984

4 OCTOBER 1984

1984

9 OCTOBER

12 OCTOBER 1984

17 OCTOBER 1984

TUEN MUN

WAN CHAI

WONG TAI SIN

22 OCTOBER 1984

YAU MA TEI

26 OCTOBER 1984

5 OCTOBER 1984

3.10

YUEN LONG

THUS ALL THE PRINCIPAL REPRESENTATIVE BODIES HAVE

UNEQUIVOCALLY PLACED ON RECORD THEIR VIEW THAT THE DRAFT

AGREEMENT IS ACCEPTABLE. (6)

VIEWS EXPRESSED BY ORGANIZATIONS AND GROUPS

3.11

THE VIEWS EXPRESSED DIRECTLY TO THE OFFICE BY THE

WIDE RANGE OF ORGANIZATIONS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH 2.18

INDICATE THAT OUT OF A TOTAL OF 430 ORGANIZATIONS, AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF 334 HAVE PLACED ON RECORD THE FACT THAT IN THE VIEW OF THE MEMBERS THEY REPRESENT THE DRAFT

AGREEMENT IS ACCEPTABLE. 33 ORGANIZATIONS HAVE DECLARED

THAT THEIR MEMBERS REJECT IT. THE REMAINDER GAVE NO CLEAR

INDICATION OF THEIR POSITION. FROM THE RESPONSE IT IS

CLEAR THAT THE MOST INFLUENTIAL ORGANIZATIONS FROM THE PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS SECTORS, THE RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY,

THE STUDENT POPULATION AND THE CIVIL SERVICE, AND AMONGST PRESSURE GROUPS AND TRADE UNIONS HAVE COME OUT GENERALLY IN

SUPPORT OF THE DRAFT AGREEMENT.

SECRET-19-

13.12.