cap.
them in the upper level of the Urban Council strikes me
as the imminently preferable arrangement. Besides it
it is
only sensible and logical to realign the systems in the two
municiple councils
anormally.
Municipal ole
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be a
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by removing the present in the
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NPI This must move to a right direction. [As for timing, the
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announcement might have caused slight inconvenience to a
few Urban Councillors who, given more time, might have
seat in the
preferred to contest to-see- the March district board
Λ
elections. But bearing in mind the timing of the review
of
of the three-tiers covernment last year, finally decision
could not have been reached much soon than December.
Should Government then have withheld the announcement
until today? Would that not have deprived all Urban
Councillors of that opportunity to stand:
been able
As it
EE
is, at least
eight Urban Councillors have to enable to enter the
race
political ways. Should the
Government have to postponed
the entire scheme until the next district board elections
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in 1991, as some have suggested, and thereby losing time in
bringing about rectification which is generally considered
necessary,
Such postponement would certainly not be in a the
wider public interest. The decision was a difficult one,
But it
view
was one for the Executive Council to make.
In my
the
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right decision has
lthough it may not be, the liking of some.
ん endless
circumstances,
the merits what is maritus of English
consultation
when no useful
purpose can be served by going into them. I am therefore
astonished to hear in this Council today from those who
Preach
preach action but in the same breath which procrastination
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