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Sir, before I close, I would like to reflect briefly
on the experience of the Unofficials who had to face constant
dilemma during the deliberation of this bill. The Ad Hoc Group
especially the Convener were under tremendous mental pressure
from all sides in the past two weeks. We even had to dispel an
unfounded theory that this Bill was being used as a political
weapon against the Convener. A sheer fantasy I might add but
nevertheless a damaging one. In short, battle tactics of the
jumping on to the Bandwagoners appeared to have worked well
into pushing all of us into a corner. If we succumb to demands
which are not back by adequate reasonings were and to delay the
third reading until the next session, we would run a real risk
of selling H.K. down the path of inefficient administration
with pressure groups happily blaring their so called wishes of
the people in every single issue of the day. If we did not
concede to the demand that the third reading be deferred, we
stand to be accused by vocal and well organised campaigns of
discredit. For sure we will be accused of acting irresponsibly
against the proclaimed wishes of the people.
It was with a sombre realisation of this difficult
dilemma that we decided we have to cast away all our emotional
hang ups like pride, fears and prejudices. We had to look at
all new representations cooly and rationally. We were not so
much influenced by the numbers of organisation making
representations as we were influenced by the contents of their
representations. We did not measure the strength of any
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