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-SPEECH BY THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION
-IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL-
-ON WEDNESDAY 9 DECEMBER 1987
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Corrupt and Illegal Practices (Amendment) Bill 1987
SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION:
Sir, I am grateful for the comments made both
last Wednesday by Mr. Desmond Lee and Mr. Martin Lee,
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and this afternoon by Miss Maria Tam and Mr. Andrew Wong. Sc
Mr. Desmond Lee and Mr. Martin Lee queried the
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need to include 'name dropping' inte the Green Paper on
Review of Developments in Representative Government.
must reiterate that during the review on electoral
arrangements in 1986, both the public and members of District
Boards considered name dropping and election expenses returns
two of the important issues which should be better regulated.
It was therefore proper to include these issues, together
with other practical aspects of elections, in the Green
Paper so that the public would be aware of the Government's
response to their views and be given a further opportunity
to comment on them. It is also appropriate that no legis-
lative amendments mentioned in the Green Paper should be
introduced before the Survey Office Report was published.
Mr. Desmond Lee was concerned that the penalties
on those convicted of name-dropping were too harsh. Let
me first of all say that name-dropping is not an insigni-
ficant offence. In the course of public consultation,
there were clear support for it to be regarded as a
/criminal
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.