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POLICY SO AS TO FACILITATE, AMONG THE OTHER THINGS, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SECOND LOCAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK IN 1995, HAVING DUE REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF PROTECTING CONSUMER INTERESTS, MAINTAINING FREE AND FAIR COMPETITION, AND PROTECTING THE GOOD REPUTATION OF HONG KONG'. THE MOTION WAS CARRIED.
7.
THE MEDIA COVERAGE OF THIS DEBATE WAS GENERALLY FAVOURABLE
AS THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES WAS ABLE TO MAP OUT WELL
THE GOVERNMENT'S EXISTING TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY AND THE WAY FORWARD IN HER SPEECH. STEVEN POON AND A FEW CRC MEMBERS WERE
KEEN ON PROMOTING LOCAL NETWORK COMPETITION WHILE UDHK MEMBERS
WERE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT PRICE CAPPING.
DISTRICT BOARDS AND MUNICIPAL COUNCILS
8. YEUNG SUM MOVED THIS MOTION ON 3 JUNE. THE WORDING WAS:
'THAT THIS COUNCIL URGES THE GOVERNMENT TO REVIEW THE STATUS, ROLE AND STRUCTURE OF THE DISTRICT BOARDS AND THE MUNICIPAL
COUNCILS AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THEM, AND TO STRENGTHEN THE REPRESENTATIVENESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF THESE BODIES BY
ABOLISHING THEIR APPOINTED AND EX-OFFICIO MEMBERSHIP IN THE NEXT TERM'.
9.
THE ORIGINAL MOTION WAS AMENDED BY A MOTION MOVED BY ANDREW WONG WHICH SUBSTITUTED THE WORDS AFTER 'THESE BODIES' BY 'AND TO
ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS OF THE REVIEW AND REFORM PROPOSALS WITHIN ONE YEAR'.
10.
THE AMENDED MOTION WAS CARRIED WITH 29 VOTES FOR THE
AMENDMENT AND 21 AGAINST.
11. THE DEBATE CENTRED ON THE FUTURE OF THE APPOINTMENT SYSTEM
TO THE DISTRICT BOARDS AND MUNICIPAL COUNCILS. ALL MEMBERS WHO SPOKE SUPPORTED A REVIEW BUT CONSENSUS ON THE PREFERRED MODEL DID NOT EMERGE FROM THE DEBATE.
DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
12. JIMMY MCGREGOR MOVED THIS MOTION ON 24 JUNE. ITS WORDING WAS: 'THAT THIS COUNCIL REAFFIRMS ITS ADHERENCE TO THE PROPOSED PACE OF DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SET OUT
IN THE 1989 OMELCO CONSENSUS AND REQUESTS THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT TO ACCEPT THE PROPOSAL THAT THERE
SHOULD BE NO LESS THAN HALF OF THE SEATS OF THE LEGISLATIVE
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