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listen

to

views expressed

Councils and District Boards.

4 by

Chairmen of the two Municipal

3.

Mr. Raymond Pang, Chairman of North District Board,

said that as duty chairman for the 19 DB Chairmen, he would

like to welcome the Secretary of State's visit to Hong Kong.

colleagues, he had four major issues of

On behalf of his

concern to raise.

4.

The

first

issue

was

related

to the future

In this connection Mr.

composition and functions of DBS.

Raymond Pang advised that the average men in the street were

more concerned with day-to-day down-to-earth matters affecting

their livelihood rather than political issues. He pointed out

that DRS were effective fora for reconciling different views

in the district

reflecting them to the Central

and unbiased fora, DBS would

Government.

and

As objective

continue to be able to reflect public views more accurately

and faithfully than other fora where discussion was

politicized. Furthermore DBS were also effective vehicles for

dealing with a large number of non-political, day-to-day

matters of concern to district residents. The Government was

urged to grant DBS decision making power and management

responsibilities over some district matters. Mr. Raymond Pang

said that it was the view of all except one DB Chairmen that,

enable DBS to function effectively,

to

continue

to

one-third appointed membership on DBS should be

beyond 1994.

the

retained

Also 18 out of 19 DB Chairmen were of the view

that DBS should

collectively

for the 1995 LegCo election.

form a functional constituency