1992-06-03 23:34 G.1.5
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1992
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REVIEW OF DBS AND MUNICIPAL COUNCILS BEFORE NEXT ELECTIONS
THE GOVERNMENT IS ABOUT TO START A REVIEW ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS, INCLUDING THE APPOINTED AND EX-OFFICIO MEMBERSHIP OF DISTRICT BOARDS AND THE TWO MUNICIPAL COUNCILS, SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SUEN, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL THIS (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON.
THE
WINDING UP A MOTION DEBATE ON THE REVIEW OF "DISTRICT BOARDS AND MUNICIPAL COUNCILS", MR SUEN SAID THE ADMINISTRATION AIMED TO COMPLETE THE REVIEW WITHIN 12 MONTHS IN TIME FOR THE NEXT ROUND OF ELECTIONS IN 1994-95.
MR SUEN SAID TWO REVIEWS HAD: ALREADY BEEN CONDUCTED ON THE FUNCTIONS OF DISTRICT BOARDS IN 1984 AND 1987.
AS
"BOTH REVIEWS HIGHLIGHTED THE IMPORTANCE OF DISTRICT BOARDS DISTRICT CONSULTATIVE ORGANS AND VEHICLES OF DISTRICT COMMUNITY BUILDING," HE SAID.
ON
AND THIS HAD BEEN FURTHER BACKED UP BY THE 1988 WHITE PAPER "DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT: THE WAY FORWARD" WHICH CONCLUDED THAT THERE WAS NO DEMAND FOR FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES то THEIR PRESENT ROLE.
THE REPORT, HOWEVER, STATED THAT THERE WAS CLEAR SUPPORT FOR DEVELOPING THEIR ADVISORY ROLE.
ON THE CURRENT COMPOSITION OF DISTRICT BOARDS, MR SUEN SAID IT PROVIDED FOR A MIXED BAG OF MEMBERSHIP WITH A MAJORITY OF ELECTED MEMBERS AND CHANGES HAD BEEN INTRODUCED OVER THE YEARS WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF ENSURING THAT THE DISTRICT BOARDS REMAINED AS REPRESENTATIVE AS POSSIBLE OF THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH THEY SERVED.
THAT
"INSOFAR AS THE CURRENT SYSTEM GOES, EXPERIENCE HAS SHOWN IT HAS WORKED TO THE SATISFACTION OF MOST, IF NOT ALL, OF THOSE
CONCERNED.
ADVICE WE GET FROM DISTRICT SPECTRUM OF INTERESTS REPRESENTED ON
"THE QUALITY AND THE RANGE OF BOARDS OWES MUCH TO THE FULL DISTRICT BOARDS," HE SAID.
BUT MR SUEN CONCEDED THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAD NO FIXED VIEW
ON HOW DISTRICT BOARDS MIGHT DEVELOP IN THE FUTURE.
TURNING TO THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS, MR SUEN SAID THE INCEPTION OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL IN 1986 HAD PUT THE FINAL PIECE OF JIGSAW IN PLACE TO MARK THE COMPLETION
GOVERNMENT.
OF THE THREE-TIER REPRESENTATIVE
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