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SPEECH BY THE GOVERNOR IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON 21 NOVEMBER 1984
Honourable Members of the Legislative Council,
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In my Address to this Council onc4 October this I said that the Green Paper on the Further Development of Representative Government in Hong Kong had aroused intense interest in the community. I Mave an account some of the views which had been expressed on the main issues raised in it. I undertook that, after the Executive Council had considered all the views put forward, a White Paper would be prepared setting definitive plans for the next stage in the development of representative government in Hong Kong.
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The White Paper published today fulfils that undertaking. It sets out the Government's intentions on the election of members to the Legislative Council in 1985; and proposes an overall review in 1987 to consider, in the light of experience gained, what further development should take place thereafter.
Main Aims
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In preparing the White Paper the Government has kept firmly in view the aims set out in the Green Paper. These were:
to develop a system of government which is firmly rooted in our community; on which the views of the community are fully represented; and which is accountable to the people of Hong Kong;
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to develop this system progressively, building on our existing institutions, well-established consensus; and
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to give an opportunity for the proposals to be tested in the light of experience, and to hold a review of the position before deciding the direction and timing of any further developments of the system.