Constitutional Reforms (16)
Date
Statements by Chinese
Officials
Statements by Government
Officials
News Comments/Editorials
1.11.85 (cont'd)
4.11.85
5.11.85
Chief Secretary Sir David Akers-Jones: HK's own system of government by consensus had not
developed by itself nor was it based on any social or political theory. Pragmatic
administration
Ming Pao: Timothy Renton's attitude towards local political reforms was in line with that of
the Governor.
Chai Sun of HK Economic Journal: Ji Pengfei's remarks on HK's political development ran counter
to the Joint Declaration which did not say that the political system here should remain unchanged during the transition. Drastic changes would emerge in 1997 if one followed Mr Ji's call
representative government
system should not interfere with each other.
Statements/Comments
by others