Public opinion would surely give lace next month for the short shife to citizens who, at. this Shanghai Municipal Council will in ime especially, threw additional the appropriate time arouse specific financial burdens on the Shanghai interest and attention. It is to be Munteipal Council. "Yet. it may.
that "all ratepayers will doubled whether public opinion endeavour between now and then to realises that such an'anti-social cultivate some appreciation of the ceeding "is revealed, in the Public value of their obligations to vote.
Works" Department's" Report. for 'The British Residents Association 1983. "No less than 1,105 notices re. has done useful service, this year og lating "to unauthorised. structures last, in reminding its' members of Were served. by. the Department, the need for each potential elector to ascertain whether he or she has This is directly the result of neglect to comply with the Councit's regula beer, duly registered, There is every, tions—regulations which are per: reason to resist the apathy" fectly well-known to those respon seems 80 regularly to overcome cer-for building operations. The tain communities and make the pol-task of detecting these encroach: Lung numbers sadly below the desired ments is a heavy one; unless it be strength. In view of certain obficiently performed, public interest servations which have been released in discussion of the next Council's composition, it seems proper again tales Se workes to draw attention to the fact that trtion of tate diealites By street. the electorate's chief duty is that, ening becomes more ical choosing its representatives Members of the Council. There is, ime is clear: the delinquent hopes no machinery by which the views of electors on the filling of certain ftascnment® and being ale that, having Segniged. in the en-posts—such as Chairman or Vice.
airman or even, Chairmen of Irae and gonas he may be resent it og aa. accompli
Committees—ean be ascertained, still enjoy the fruit of his wrong lowed to get off wth an ape These appointments are all made by Aoing, tothe public Inconvenfonse-"the Members of the Council them-'The Department can only defeat this selves when that body has been duly perverted constituted as the result of the two Tiger by ising trid that, quite poshly, elections by which the nine foreign may Involve expenaiiate of tre rats, 'Members and the five Chinese mem-payers' money. It might be well for bers are returned, Discussion there-{Counc tp consider whether die fore of the manner in which Chair manships and similar appointments binary ation guld nat be taken figaioat builders who lent themselves are likely to be filled, may have a ths wekery. "Breloslom fore the personal interest but they are purely Approved list of contractors might academic. As the most vital con sideration at this juncture is the Pethape bey a salutary deterrent the punishment could be made to fit development of a" firm. intention the rime "ey euguriag toat the among all electors to concentrate on errant builders performaa the work expressing their wishes. regarding of demolition themselves and that the actual election of individual candidates to the Council, it seems aged at their expense to play suit-the Milipa Orchestre ere en superfluous to dissipate energy in Able selections of music during the speculating on matters which lie Iiterally moving ceremony. A Sati quite, outside the scope of such activity.
Report isthe sstemnt Skat past aport ithe statement that part of the land "for. the mach required Poyang Park in the Eastern District
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