government.
We will therefore
allow
District Boards a full share in managing
local
environmental
projects,
traffic
halls and centres.
and public
works
arrangements, community
They will also be
responsible for making appointments to
variety of local bodies such as School and
Industrial Liaison Committees and Civic
Education Committees.
150.
This
Council
also urged me to
strengthen
the
representation
and
accountability of the Municipal Councils and
District Boards.
151.
with additional
responsibilities
being given to them, and with this Council
being fully elected in 1995, I believe it
would be hard to justify the continuation of
appointed membership to District Boards. As
from 1994, I propose that all members should
therefore be directly elected. We should
similarly increase the number of directly
elected seats on the two Municipal Councils.
While continuing to allow the District
Boards and the Heung Yee Kuk to elect their
existing number of representatives to these
Councils, we should abolish the appointed
seats.
No comments yet.
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