Sir,
Speech by the Chief Secretary
in the Legislative Council on 2 August 1984
INTRODUCTION
This debate has been timely. It is important
that both the Government and the public at large should
be aware of the present state of Members' thinking on
the proposals in the Green Paper on the Further Develop-
ment of Representative Government in Hong Kong. Their
thoughtful comments will be taken fully into account when
the White Paper comes to be drafted for submission to
Executive Council for advice and I hope that this debate
will encourage those members of the community who have
not yet expressed their views on the Green Paper to do
so now.
2. As Dr. HỌ Kam-fai, Mrs. Rita Fan and several other
Members have stressed, it is most important that as
many people as possible speak up on the proposals in the
Green Paper and that on this occasion we do not have a
"silent majority". To this end, the Government has been
doing its utmost to stimulate public discussion and debate
on the proposals and will continue to do so.
145,000 copies of the Green Paper have been distributed.
To date,
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