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Supplementary to Question No. 8

in Legĉo Meeting on 6.7.88

MR. MARTIN LEE: Sir, I have got a long supplementary of

which notice has been given.

Does the Administration appreciate that there is a clear

distinction between a Member of the Executive Council and

a Member of this Council in that the former is part of

the executive authorities of Hong Kong and is seen to be

in a position to influence the Government in appointing

one third of the members of

district boards, whereas

the latter is not? And does the Administration

appreciate that when an appointed district board member

is lobbied by a Member of the Executive Council to support

a particular candidate for election to this Council from

his district board, he is likely to think, rightly or

wrongly, that such a candidate has the backing of the

Government, even though the Executive Council Member

concerned has not expressly claimed to represent the

Executive Council or the Government? And the district

board member may therefore feel that if he does not vote

as suggested, he might not be reappointed for another

term in the district board?

CHIEF SECRETARY: Sir, Mr. LEE has made a number of

how

assertions about non-official Members of the Executive

Council are perceived, and how Members of this Council are

perceived. They are at least, Sir, questionable.