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TELEGRAM NUMBER 3469 OF 13 NOVEMBER
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WHITE PAPER ON REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAS CONSIDERED THE TEXT OF THE WHITE PAPER
SET OUT IN MY TELNO 3420 AND YOUR COMMENTS ON THE TEXT CONTAINED
IN YOUR TEE NO 2223. THE COUNCIL DECIDED THAT THE FOLLOWING
AMENDMENTS SHOULD BE MADE :
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CHAPTER 1 THE INTRODUCTION
(A) PARA 5 ADD THE PROPOSALS IN THE GREEN PAPER COVERED THE
PERIOD UP TO 1991. THE REVISED PLANS FOR 1985 DESCRIBED IN
THIS WHITE PAPER INCLUDE SEVERAL OF THE ORIGINAL PROPOSALS
CONCERNING THE COMPOSITION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN 1988."'
(B) PARA 6 - DELETE WHICH ALLOW SCOPE FOR THE PROGRESSIVE
DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG'S GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEM''
CHAPTER II THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
(C) PARA 9
AFTER BASED ON'' INSERT **
**ONE!
(D) DELETE PAPAS 11 AND 12, AND RENUMPER PARAGRAPH 13 AS PARAGRAPH
11, AND RENUMBER THEREAFTER.
(E) DELETE SUB-PARAGRAPH 14(C).
(F) PARA 17 DELETE THE LAST SENTENCE.
(G) DELETE PARA 18 AND RENUMBER OLD PARA 21 AS PARA 18, AND
RENUMBER THEREAFTER.
(H) PARA 22 - DELETE THE LAST TWO SENTENCES.
(I) DIRECT ELECTIONS - RENUMBER OLD PARA 31 AS PARA 25 AND
REINSERT AFTER SUB-HEAD THE COMPOSITION OF THE LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL TO FOLLOW PARA 24.
(J) THE REVIEW - PARAS RENUMBERED TO FOLLOW THE NEW PARA 25.
(K) DELETE PARAS 28A AND 285 AND INSERT NEW PARA 28 AS FOLLOWS
AND RENUMBER THEREAFTER,
''SINCE SOME OF THE GREEN PAPER PROPOSALS CONCERNING THE
COMPOSITION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD
FROM 1988 TO 1985 IT HAS BEEN ARGUED THAT THE REVIEW SHOULD BE
HELD AFTER 1988 IN ORDER TO ALLOW TIME FOR THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS
TO SETTLE DOWN. ON THE OTHER HAND THERE WAS STRONG PUBLIC
FEELING THAT THE TIMING OF THE REVIEW SHOULD BE BROUGHT FORWARD
AND THERE WILL ALSO BE A NEED TO CONSIDER MATTERS SUCH AS
DIRECT ELECTIONS AND OTHER ISSUES RAISED IN THE GREEN PAPER
AND SUBSEQUENTLY IN PUBLIC DEBATE. AFTER CAREFUL CONSIDERATION
THE GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO BRING FORWARD THE REVIEW TO
1987.**
CHAPTER IV THE GOVERNOR
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