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DRAFT SPEECH BY DR HON HENRIETTA IP
ON UNOFFICIAL MEMBER'S MOTION
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
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2.8.84
Sir,
With the publication of the green paper, heated debates on different aspects of the green paper by different sectors of our community followed. However, we the people of Hong Kong all have a final objective in common. We want all governing bodies
which will exist in Hong Kong to be as representative of the people as possible, to constitute balanced professionalism, and we want action from the chosen ones in further improving the
quality of our community.
Though demanding and persistant, Sir, I do recognise
that this is easier said than done. There are many ways to meet
the same objective and it is therefore so tempting always to aim
for ONE UPMANSHIP, and that is, to propose a better plan. I too
am guilty of such temptation! Hence for as many occasions as I can get, I have tried to catch government officials offguard, cornering them with what I considered to be a more ideal method, then waiting patiently for their reactions.
I have mentally toyed with the ideas of:-
direct elections, then the other extreme,
complete indirect elections even for the
professionals, using the concept of designated
seats
a faster or a slower rate of progression to
completely by election
requirement of previous government advisory board
membership or the like, to test out the
contributory potentials of a person standing for
elections
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