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ME CHUNG Pui iam

(In Cantonese),

Sir, in a word, the White Paper published in February, 1988, seems like a new policy document with the emphasis on 1991€ as a new target date for development. Paragraph 29 of the White Paper says and I quote: "The Government

has therefore decided that in 1991 there should be ten

directly elected seats, one for each of the ten district-band

constituencies and that these should take the place of the

They ten seats currently being filled by indirect elections from the District Boards Such a measure directly negates the spirit of having elections in 1988, and is a departure from the affirmative attitude taken towards the present electoral college system comprising district boards. The

White Paper considers there should be directly elected and

indirectly elected seats simultaneously in the two municipal

councils but not in the Legislative Council. To have two

different différence-approaches within the same system of election

is difficult to understand given the functions of members of these councils. Major changes, if they are to be made, should take into account the following three points:

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The district boards among the three tiers of

government have been recognised by the public

as the most representative element in this Council.

From 1985 to 1997, the first six years we have

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the Electoral College for the last six years,

the first year of which we have directly elected

per cent seats that constitute less than 18% of this Council,

but at the same time, the Government wishes to abolish the lectoral College comprising Pistrict Boards. In view of the schedule of necessary changes up to 1997, this arrangement is tantamount

to going slow now and moving quickly later. The

pace of reaching greater coordination should be

accelerated in keeping with the principle of introducing changes gradually.