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and 349 supplementaries in the previous

and

questions

on

a

number of specific policy issues.<< Pacellio)

compared with 179

session, and held debates

->

26.

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en

Thus the 1985-86 session saw a marked increase in the volume

of business conducted by the Council.

It was characterised by

lively and at time heated debate on important issues such as the

safety of the future nuclear power plant at Daya Bay in Guangdong

province of the People's Republic of China and the further

development of representative government in the territory. Pacello)

27.

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The increasingly vigorous style of Council proceedings and

the tendency for Councillors to air their differences openly, rather

closed session, as in the past, 1986787 session.

than

in

has

The debate on the motion

continued into the

of thanks for the

Governor's opening address, during which almost all members spoke,

was dominated by

discussion of the direction which the further

development of Hong Kong's system o f representative government

should take. Views were expressed strongly for and against rapid

changes in the present system

The current session has also seen

the Council adopt the practice of holding an adjournment debate at

the close of virtually every sitting

Issues already debated

include medical services, public housing rental policy care of the

elderly, industrial safety and education. <Pa Lexis)

The 1987 Review

(013)...

سلسلة

28.

In line with the commitment in the 1984 White Paper, the Hong

Kong Government will undertake a further review of the progress of

the development of representative government in 1987. A Green Paper

will be published, following which there will be a period of public

consultation.

A White Paper setting out the Government' S

intentions, the light of public opinion expressed, will then be

published. The main issues on which the views of the public will be

sought include whether there should be further changes in the

composition of the Legislative Council, and whether the

in

should continue

to be

President of the

Legislative

Governor

Council.

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