DEC 31 '85 17:57 GIS HK
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cliche of direct and indirect elections, but there are a myriad ways
in which you could have direct elections?
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Yes, of course, but obviously those
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things will be going on.
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Wouldn't it be fair to the Hong Kong
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people, if the various alternatives were put to them by the Government,
So that they can at least think of the wider choices?
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in an open way.
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That will be part of the Green Paper
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which would precede the Review.
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collection of Hong Kong's opinions.
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ideas over this period will be a two-way process, of course.
Yes, but the Green Paper is a
And certainly the development of
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Ah! You mean there will be a little
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leading from the Hong Kong Government, as well as listening?
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You're leading me now.
No, I'm just thinking that there
are lots of different ways of elections, at least if these different ways were tossed out into the market-place of ideas, you'd have a better discussion instead of this eternal cliche discussion between
direct and indirect.
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entirely about that.
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That's right yes. I agree with you
Sir David, will you agree that the
Beijing Government is eager to take an advisory role over Hong Kong's political development, in always sounding out that this political development should cope with the basic law in the event?
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