MR. K.C. CHAN:
Sir.
Electoral Provisions (Amendment) Bill 1988
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Masters
itics is like
Politics
a game of Chinese chess and all Grand
know that one wrong move will throw the whole strategy
into disarray (→
子錯滿盤皆落索
).
It is human
nature
to be pleased when given a job,
privilege or
them off abruptly creates
displeasure.
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مل
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honour but to strip
Hence, one must be careful in the beginning
to our
bestowing them. If these must cease, convincing
reasons should be given with
with adequate and considerate timing, especially for
who have rendered valuable services
community and scarificed in a power struggle through no fault of
their own.
bill Although this
does
but
not provide for
for discontinuing
Urban Councillors' ex officio membership of the ørban District le.
Boards at present, their doubts that this may be the thin end of
the wedge is real. This
This is substantiated by paragraph 3 of the
January 1988 Chief Secretary's speech on 2788 when introducing this
introducing this bill,
which stated, inter alia, "that the existing practice, whereby
Urban Councillors are ex officio members of the urban District le Boards, should cease in March 1989 when the tenure of the present Urban Council expires. That proposal,, was announced publicly, about
the le six weeks ago, before the opening of nominations for the District le Board elections to be held in March this year
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This is some 85 days' notice. It seems a lot, but some district board
DB), members have to prepare for their election campaigns much
longer than that, if one has to make door-to-door visits to
This is therefore a handicapped race and is
quite unfair to the elected Urban Councillors.
canvass for voters.
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