{"id":7620,"date":"2008-11-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.comnews\/fukuoka-city-council-rejects-referendum-on-children%e2%80%99s-hospital-move\/"},"modified":"2008-11-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-27T00:00:00","slug":"fukuoka-city-council-rejects-referendum-on-children%e2%80%99s-hospital-move","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-city-council-rejects-referendum-on-children%e2%80%99s-hospital-move\/","title":{"rendered":"<!--:en-->Fukuoka City Council Rejects Referendum on Children\u2019s Hospital Move<!--:--><!--:ja-->Fukuoka City Council Rejects Referendum on Children\u2019s Hospital Move<!--:--><!--:ko-->Fukuoka City Council Rejects Referendum on Children\u2019s Hospital Move<!--:--><!--:zh-->Fukuoka City Council Rejects Referendum on Children\u2019s Hospital Move<!--:-->"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--:en--><\/p>\n<div id=\"body\">\n<div id=\"img_area\">\n<div id=\"img\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Families of patients and others opposed to the pending move of the Fukuoka Children\u2019s Hospital and Medical Center for Infectious Diseases from its current location in Chuo Ward to \u201cIsland City\u201d, a man-made island in Higashi Ward, formed a citizen\u2019s group opposed to the plan and collected enough signatures on a petition to call for a citizen\u2019s referendum on the issue. They presented the petition to Mayor Wataru Aso, who said he thought it wasn\u2019t necessary, but left it in the hands of the City Council. The City Council voted down the proposed referendum by a 50-12 margin. One of those council members who voted against the referendum said, \u201cWe\u2019ve debated that issue for a long time here. Holding a citizen\u2019s referendum would be contemptuous of the Council.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--:--><!--:ja--><\/p>\n<div id=\"body\">\n<div id=\"img_area\">\n<div id=\"img\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Families of patients and others opposed to the pending move of the Fukuoka Children\u2019s Hospital and Medical Center for Infectious Diseases from its current location in Chuo Ward to \u201cIsland City\u201d, a man-made island in Higashi Ward, formed a citizen\u2019s group opposed to the plan and collected enough signatures on a petition to call for a citizen\u2019s referendum on the issue. They presented the petition to Mayor Wataru Aso, who said he thought it wasn\u2019t necessary, but left it in the hands of the City Council. The City Council voted down the proposed referendum by a 50-12 margin. One of those council members who voted against the referendum said, \u201cWe\u2019ve debated that issue for a long time here. Holding a citizen\u2019s referendum would be contemptuous of the Council.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--:--><!--:ko--><\/p>\n<div id=\"body\">\n<div id=\"img_area\">\n<div id=\"img\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Families of patients and others opposed to the pending move of the Fukuoka Children\u2019s Hospital and Medical Center for Infectious Diseases from its current location in Chuo Ward to \u201cIsland City\u201d, a man-made island in Higashi Ward, formed a citizen\u2019s group opposed to the plan and collected enough signatures on a petition to call for a citizen\u2019s referendum on the issue. They presented the petition to Mayor Wataru Aso, who said he thought it wasn\u2019t necessary, but left it in the hands of the City Council. The City Council voted down the proposed referendum by a 50-12 margin. One of those council members who voted against the referendum said, \u201cWe\u2019ve debated that issue for a long time here. Holding a citizen\u2019s referendum would be contemptuous of the Council.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--:--><!--:zh--><\/p>\n<div id=\"body\">\n<div id=\"img_area\">\n<div id=\"img\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Families of patients and others opposed to the pending move of the Fukuoka Children\u2019s Hospital and Medical Center for Infectious Diseases from its current location in Chuo Ward to \u201cIsland City\u201d, a man-made island in Higashi Ward, formed a citizen\u2019s group opposed to the plan and collected enough signatures on a petition to call for a citizen\u2019s referendum on the issue. They presented the petition to Mayor Wataru Aso, who said he thought it wasn\u2019t necessary, but left it in the hands of the City Council. The City Council voted down the proposed referendum by a 50-12 margin. One of those council members who voted against the referendum said, \u201cWe\u2019ve debated that issue for a long time here. 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