HKK 011/5
2 1 MAR 1986
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UMELCO
(Translation)
PA (Regie)
DRAFT SPEECH BY HON CHEUNG YAN-LUNG, OBE, SBSTJ, JP
LEGISLATIVE Council
12.3.86
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Regional Council (Amendment) Bill 1986
Sir,
I rise to support the passing of the Regional Council
(Amendment) Bill 1986.
The Regional Council will
will be formally established in
April this year. In order that the Council can operate effectively following its establishment, certain amendments should be made to the present Regional Council Ordinance. The Provisional Regional Council has been established for 11 months since April last year. During this period, many people,
particularly those residents in the New Territories, cannot
clearly understand the work and terms of reference of the
Provisional Regional Council and some NT villagers even mixed up
the work of the Provisional Regional Council with that of
District Boards. All these are due to
to the close resemblance of
the Chinese names of the "Regional Council" (
) to
that of the "District Board" (
). There is a
Chinese saying: "Only if the name is correctly given can the
business be successfully discharged". If the nomenclature of the
two bodies should lead
should lead to the general public's misunderstanding of the work of the Provisional Regional Council, the discharging
of the Council's duties will definitely be hampered to a certain
extent.
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議會
(城議局)
The Provisional Regional Council is mainly responsible
for the municipal services of the New Territories. In fact, its executive arm was retitled as "Regional Services Department" EX in April last year. It is, therefore, most appropriate to change the Chinese name of the "Regional Council"
to be established in
in the coming April as LEE tot ip EX B
域
1域市政署
市政局
This new Chinese title will not only avoid unnecessary confusion
UMELCO
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