Date
28.11.85 (cont'd)
Constitutional Reforms (28)
Statements by Chinese
Officials
Statements by Government
Officials
News Comments/Editorials
Statements/Comments
by others
with the promotion of the representative system. "Public opinion" would most likely turn against direct elections in the 1987 review.
Non-communist Papers
(Sing Pao): Apart from Legco members, BLDC and BLCC members and any others should express their views on HK's political reforms.
(Wah Kiu Yat Po): The
question now was not
whether direct elections
should be introduced, but
when they should be introduced. A second
review should be
conducted two or three
years after the first in 1997 to ensure a smooth transition.
Communist Papers
(Wen Wei Po): In an apparent reference to Martin Lee, criticised a Legco member for saying that direct elections were needed to ensure a
current political reforms were meant to present a fait accompli for post-1997 HK rather than to achieve prosperity and stability.
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