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GOVERNMENT : DRAFT QUESTION AND
MY 2ND IPT: REVIEW OF REPRESENTATIVE BOARDS AND MUNICIPAL COUNCILS:
DISTRICT ANSWER BRIEF
Q 1
PRE-EMPTING WHITE PAPER?
A1 : IMPORTANT TO ANNOUNCE THESE CHANGES NOW, BEFORE NOMINATIONS ARE OPENED FOR NEXT DB ELECTIONS.
Q 2 : WILL GOVERNMENT MAKE ANY FURTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS ON ASPECTS OF WHITE PAPER BEFORE PUBLICATION?
A2: NO.
Q 3 : WHAT ALTERNATIVE CROSS-MEMBERSHIP ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN UC AND URBAN DBS?
A3 : IF THERE ARE TO BE ANY NEW ARRANGEMENTS. THEY WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN WHITE PAPER.
Q4 HOW HAS GOVERNMENT REACHED DECISION?
A4: CONSIDERED ALL VIEWS RECIEVED FROM UC DBS AND PUBLIC. CONCLUDED THAT THERE SHOULD BE A CHANGE IN THE ARRANGMENT WHEREBY URBAN COUNCILLORS SIT ON DBS.
Q5:
IS GOVERNMENT ACTING AGAINST VIEWS OF UC? HAS UC BEEN CONSULTED?
A 5 : ENTIRE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING UC, HAS BEEN CONSULTED THROUGH GREEN PAPER. IN TAKIN THIS DECISION, GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT ALL. VIEWS REFLECTED IN SURVEY OFFICE REPORT.
Q6: HAS GOVERNMENT DECIDED ON CHANGES IN ROLE OF DBS?
A6 : AS PER ANSWER 3. WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN WHITE PAPER.
Q7
: WILL DBS CONTINUE TO ELECT MEMBERS TO LEGCO?
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