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SPEECH BY TE MJN. D. AKERS-JONES, CMG, JP, SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON WEDNESDAY,

9 JANUARY 1985

frovisional Regional Council Bill 1984

Sir.

I em grateful to Mr. Peter Vong for his proposed

amendment which, T agree, will remove any possibility of

ambiguity in the provisions 07 the disqualification

membership on grounds of criminal offence.

of

Like Mr.

Mr. Cheung Yan-lung I, too envisage that

members of the Provisional Regional Council will have a

heavy task anead of them and I fully appreciate his concern

over the short time they will have to prepare for the

Provided all

establisoment of the Regional Council.

concerned heed his advice, I am confident that, given the

general experience of members of the Provisional Council in

their own fields as well as the

the knowledge gained from the

running of the Urban Council over past years, and effective

support from the public service,

We can be ready in time

for the installation of the full Regional Council in 1986.

Sir, I beg to move.