TNAG-1598-FCO40-2191-Hong-Kong-1987-Review-of-Representative-Government-1987 — Page 7

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PEKING TELNO 2168 TO YOU: REVIEW OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT DISTRICT BOARDS AND MUNICIPAL COUNCILS

THE ANSWER TO PARA 5 OF PEKING TUR ARE AS FOLLOWS:

(A) THE ASSUMPTION IS CORRECT THE MEMBER IN QUESTION SITS AS AN EX-OFFICIO MEMBER OF THE DB FOR THE DISTRICT FROM WHICH HE HAS BEEN

ELECTIED TO THE UC.

(B) APPOINTED MEMBERS OF THE UC WILL CONTINUE TO BE EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS OF DBS UNTIL MARCH 1989 WHEN THE TERM OF THE PRESENT UC EXPIRES. THEREAFTER APPOINTED UC MEMBERS WILL NOT (NOT) HAVE EX-OFFICIO SEATS ON DBS. THE DBS THEMSELVES WILL, HOWEVER, CONTINUE TO HAVE A PROPORTION OF MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNMENT: SEE PARA 7 OF THE SPEAKING NOTE IN OUR TELNO 4702, PARTICULARLY THE LAST SENTENCE. FOR FURTHER BACKGROUND, URBAN DBS AT PRESENT HAVE THREE KINDS OF MEMBERS, NAMELY ELECTED, APPOINTED (BY THE GOVERNMENT) AND EX-OFFICIO (I.E. ELECTED AND APPOINTED MEMBERS OF THE UC).

(C) THE NEXT DB ELECTIONS WILL TAKE PLACE ON 10 MARCH 1988.

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