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caused difficulties for some Urban Councillors who had to make

a quick decision whether or not to stand, but the reason we

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introduce the Bill, Sir, was in response "the Urban Councillors

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who wish to know where they stood and whether they should stand

for election to the District Board. And it was, for that

reason, that we brought forward the Bill the way and on

the timing that we did.

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been aroused by a bill which simply removes the restriction

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the person to serve both of the elected member of the

Urban Council and as an elected member of the urban board

in the urban district area. I will not today, Sir,

be drawn into the larger debate on the other aspects of the

White Paper which have been mentioned.

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know that Mr. Martin LEE, and Mr. K.C. CHAN Mr. Hilton

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CHEONG-LEEN have called in and the AGB. McNair report on this subject.

when we come to debate the issue on a more suitable occasion,

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I hope the members' attention will also be drawn to the

submissions which were made in the survey to the Survey Office.

submissions at the time there were indeed 8,000 at that time on this

particular subject with whom 7,000 wished to make changes

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between the present relationship between the Urban Council and

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the urban District boards, and 1,000 wished

wished to remain as it was. 116 le And out of the 460 District Board Members, 98 wished there will