UMELCO
Present
received 19th March, 1954.
March 6, 1984
Dear Sir,
The Sino-British talk on the future problem of Hong Kong is the 1st big issue related to the fate and the well-being of the public and their next generation. The public has the rights to know the content of the Sino-British meetings,
This is basic the rights to further informations and the rights to discuss. human rights and absolutely justified.
In fact, the confidentiality of the Sino-British talks over the future problems have not brought stability to our society but have led to the drastic fall of our dollars and the outflow of our human resources. And also had caused doubts and anxiety among the public. Therefore, at this moment before any agreement is reached it is absolutely essential to make the contents of the talk public and to let the public knows and discuss before any agreement is reached. serve both to stabilize our society and to actualize democracy.
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Both Chinese and British government in the past several months has repeatedly appealed to the public to have confidence towards both governments. We also appeal to both government to have confidence in the public. The most effective means to promote mutual trust is to let the public know the content of the talks and to let them have sufficient discussion. Only through the above process can mutual trust be strengthened.
This is not
Towards Lobo motion, we believe that any one has the right to put forward their demands for knowledge and debate on any agreement reached. just human rights but also freedom of speech. But we would like to insist that the content of any agreement reached had to be open for public scrutiny and there must be sufficient consultation. It must not be a closed door meeting.
We pay attention to this issue because we are concerned about freedom of speech and whether our society is heading towards democracy. This is in line with stability and prosperity.
Thus, we strongly demand that the content of the talk be made public and before any agreement is reached made public the agreement and let different strata of the public openly discuss the agreement.
Hong Kong Christian Industrial Committee
Hong Kong Social Workers' General Union
Government School Non-Graduate Teachers' Union
Association of Government Land & Engineering Surveying Officers
Hong Kong and Kowloon Life Guards Union
Government Assistant Clerical Grades Association
Tech. Inspectors & Works Supervisors Union, P.W.D.
Union of Officers of Cross-Habour Tunnel Co.
Mass Transit Railing Operation Staff Union
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