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MY TWO IPTS: HONG KONG AGREEMENT:
PARLIAMENT
RESTRICTED: ANNUAL REPORT TO ́
FOLLOWING IS NEXT PART OF REVISED TEXT OF THE ANNUAL REPORT TO
PARLIAMENT.
BEGINS.
III.
REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT
15. FOR SEVERAL YEARS THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAS CONTINUED TO
DEVELOP IN HONG KONG A GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE WHICH AT ALL LEVELS
WOULD BE BOTH APPROPRIATE TO ITS NEEDS AND BASED SECURELY UPON
EXISTING INSTITUTIONS: AND WHICH COULD ENDURE. 1985 SAW CHANGES
AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, ALL FORMING PART OF A STEADY
EVOLUTION TOWARDS MORE REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.
(A) (NEXT TWO WORDS UNDERLINED) DISTRICT BOARDS
16.
WHILE A REPRESENTATIVE SYSTEM OF LOCALLY ELECTED ELDERS AND
COUNCILS SERVING THE INDIGENOUS POPULATION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK, HAD EXISTED
FOR MANY YEARS, THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT, IN THE LATE 1970S,
SOUGHT TO INTRODUCE MORE BROADLY BASED POPULAR PARTICIPATION IN
GOVERNMENT AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, TO FILL THE GAP IN CONSULTATION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE RESIDENTS OF THE NEW TOWNS.
FOLLOWING A TRIAL PERIOD WITH DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARDS IN THE 8
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