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different functions. In our context District Boards can serve as excellent training ground for talents who have the political
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Government is being progressive enough in ushering the right sense
of responsibility by letting go the appropriate proportion of authority to district Board members. Ug to this point, there is still no official channel for proper coordination between the Boards, and their parallel pistrict Management Committees. Generally there is resistance among officials for Board members or even Chairmen
sheathct management Committees. to participate, even as observers on the B.M.Cs. This must change.
It is only by breaking down the barrier between the non-official advisers and the local officials that the worrying tendency of the
district boards. energy of as being gradually channelled to a pressure group type
mentality, due to continuous frustration, can be reversed. We have plenty of talents in the District Boards we must aim to draw more
talents into them in the future. This can only be achieved by a fundamental change of attitude and approach within the administration
Sir [sq'hope the White Paper heralds a new age of cooperation and good-
will, of constructive criticism and tolerance, of teamwork, dedicated
the five and a half to the single cause of making a better future for the five and a
million of us who are determined to make a go of 1997. To
prepare ourselves for the advent of direct elections in 1991, we
must prove we can resolve differences and controversies in a
democratic and responsible manner, always aiming at solution rather than creation of problems, going for compromise rather than polar-
isation. We must remind ourselves that we are one community, and any effort to undermine that cohesiveness and unity must be suspect. It is only with this determination that the future and further
development of representative government can serve Hong Kong well. [Sir, I support the motion.
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MISS TAM (In Cantonese): Sir, Rome was not built in a day. In Hong
Kong, the development of our representative government towards a high degree of autonomy Hong Kong people governing Hong Kong has also to go through a similar maturing stage. In the White Paper we are
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