TNAG-1717-FCO40-2397-Hong-Kong-1987-Review-of-Representative-Government-1988 — Page 56

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55.

The Government has therefore decided that,

when the next Municipal Council elections take place in

March 1989, each of the ten District Boards in the

urban area should elect a representative to sit on the

Urban Council. Urban Councillors will at the same time

the urban District

cease

to

be ex-officio members

of

also believes it is right to

Boards. The Government also

amend the legislation concerning cross-membership

between the Urban Council and urban District Boards, to

bring it into line with that presently in force in the

Regional Council area. Thus, the Government proposes

to remove the requirement for a member of the Urban

Council to resign from the Council if he is elected to

an urban District Board, and vice versa. Some of these

proposals were announced

announced in December

December 1987, before the

publication of this White Paper, in order to enable

Urban Councillors wishing to continue as District Board

members beyond March 1989 to stand for election in the

District Board elections on 10 March 1988.

Role and Composition of the Municipal Councils

56.

There was less public interest in the other

issues in the Green Paper affecting the Municipal

Some submissions commented in favour of

retaining two separate Councils. There was general

support for the present arrangements regarding the

Councils.

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