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hindrances by appointing people who believed in the theory of one country, two systems. The also doubted the motives behind the
proposals for the Green papar.
Meeting Point chairman, Li-keng asid (9.8) said it was unfair for the goverthreat to give only two months for consultation on the Groen Paper when the folat Sino-British agreement on 18's future
next month would be the key reference for AR people in their
consideration of the PPOT.
John Widen wrote in the Standard (10.8) that whatever the rush, it was surely as improper as it was unnecessary, RK people had only just woken up to the realition that their future wae. in their handa. To bundle the along the government's preconceivad path of political reform, whilst they were only half awake, was not a government by consultation and consensus but a government by connivance and coercion.
Some members of North DB called (9.8) for a faster pace of political reform in HR. Many aid the Green peper we too conservative and thus unable to cope with the situation after 1997. They favoured an early, but cautious introduction of direct elections to Legco, starting with only a small number of seats.
Electronic Medis
Viens continued to trickle down on radio programes. On August 7, the Secretary for Home Affairs Denis Bray want on Radio 3's "Open Line" to answer questions and explain Government's thinking on the Grean Paper, Hr Denis Bray said the Government'e ai in presenting the Green Paper ma to develop progressively a system of government which would be able to represent authoritatively residents' views and
This system would be ore directly accountable to the people of BK. be built on existing institutions and further development would be allowed if the community so wished,