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Furthermore, after seeing the average figure of 46 for Urban Councillors should not withdraw from exofficio membership of urban District Boards, in page 37 of the Green Paper Survey

district board Report, some of the elected Urban Councillors thought that no DB

district board. election is required to retain their exfofficio DB seats and they started giving their names in support of their friends for

election. To withdraw their support now and join the election unprepared would turn friends into enemies. With a broken promise as their Achilles heel, they may fall flat between two stools.

What they have forgotten is the recently invented formula of quality and not quantity" which if applied would change the political scene around the world with those having the least number of votes assuming the position of president or

premier.

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Whilst the more important issue of direct election to the Legislature may be deferred until 1991, then why can't the

district board Urban Councillors' ex-officio DB seats remain status quo until

three- that time. Terms of office of the members of the tier structure may be adjusted to cope with the situation and this has been done

before.

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If after the debate of the White Paper, a complete set

then of consequential bills is produced in this Chamber, judge the full picture and their consequences.

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With

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