DEC 31 85 17:51 GIS HK
P.12
Date:
30.12.85
Tune:
9.35
10.45 a.m.
Reporter:
RG/12
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No, I don't ********** not without
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T don't think I would agros with it.........
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Well, Mr Ji Peng-fei did say that
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there may not necessarily have to be an EXCO or a LEGCO, and your representative government white paper, does not in any way, hint that that particular line of evolution should be done away with?
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I think, without knowing exactly
what is in Mr Ji's mind at that time, that what he was implying was that all the options are open.
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was not open in your 1984
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context of the Joint Declaration.
Well, not that particular option,
All the options are open within the We have to develop a system which
is in conformity with the Joint Declaration.
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Do you see the abolition of LEGCO
and EXCO as being an option within the Joint Declaration?
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Or in the White Paper that you
published last year?
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Hong Kong needs a legislature, part of the Joint Declaration.
No, I wouldn't see that myself. and it needs an executive. These are And also they are a very vital part of any community which has a legal system such as ours. To have a legal system such as ours, and that is a very major part of the Joint Declaration, to have a legal system such as ours, needs a legislature to pass the laws.
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Mr Ji on this point?
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Does that mean that you disagree with
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