TNAG-1449-FCO40-1953-Minutes-and-Hansards-of-the-Legislative-Council-of-Hong-Kong-1986 — Page 91

QUESTION NO. 7

Reply by the Hon. D.P.H. Liao, CBE, JP, Secretary for District Administration, to Dr. the Hon. Richard Lai's Question in Legislative Council on Wednesday, 25 June 1986

QUESTION

: Would the Government inform this Council what progress has been made in examining proposals to provide financial assistance to District Board members who wish to set up their own offices to meet local residents?

Sir,

In response to a question raised at a

meeting of the Finance Committee of this Council

about the middle of last year, the CNTA conducted a survey on the situation regarding the renting of offices by District Board members to meet local

residents. It was found that as at August 1985,

82 or one-fifth of the total number of board

members had set up their own or shared offices.

Of these, 50 were reported to be paying monthly

rental ranging from $800 to $2,000 and the rest

made use of the offices of Mutual Aid Committees

and local organizations. In the circumstances,

it was not considered at that time that there was

justification for an office rent allowance to be paid to District Board members and the situation

should be closely watched.

12