He said:
Sir
-Speech by the Secretary for District Administration
in the Legislative Council
-on Wednesday, 27 January 1988
Distrist Boards (Amendment) Bill 1988
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I move that the District Boards (Amendment) Bill
1988 be read a second time.
The main purpose of the Bill is to further improve the operation of the District Boards and to provide a clear definition for a District Board meeting.
The present District Boards Ordinance already stipulates that the office of a District Board member shall
become vacant if he fails throughout a period of six months to
attend any meeting of the Board unless such failure was due
to some reasons approved by that Board.. The Ordinance does
not, however, require the member to seek and obtain the approval
of the Board before the commencement of such absence. He can
thus do so retrospectively after he has been absent from Board
meetings for six consecutive months. Absence of this nature
could adversely affect the operation of the district poard. In view of this, Clause 5 of the Bill amends section 14 (ea) of the Ordinance to require a District Board member to obtain the approval of his Board prior to the commencement of his
absence except in the case of prolonged illness. Clause 4 of
the Bill amends section 9A (1) (f) of the principal Ordinance
to apply the same provisions to a a District Board member who is a member by virtue of his being a Rural Committee chairman.
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