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HOWEVER, EVEN IF THE BL CARPIED LEGAL DEFINITIONS OF HK PEOPLE
FULING HK, PEOPLE SHOULD NOT (NOT) HAVE UNDULY HIGH HOFES BECAUSE
IN PRACTICE THE CHINESE LEADERSHIP WOULD HAVE THE FINAL SAY IN
THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE TERRITORY. SING PAO REGRETTED THAT LU HAD ONLY MET PEOPLE FROM THE UPPER CLASS'' AND HAD NEGLECTED
THE GRASSROOTS.
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8. POLITICAL REFORMS: FINANCIAL DAILY ON 7 FETRUAPY SAID THAT CHINA
WAS IN A COMMANDING POSITION OVER POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT IN HK. IT
WAS BELIEVED THAT THE 1987 REVIEW WOULD PROPOSE NO CHANGES TO THE
CENTRAL STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT. THE PAPER SAID THAT A HIGH DEGREE OF AUTONOMY SHOULD INCLUDE PRESS FREEDOM AND A LEGISLATURE WITH CLEARLY DEFINED LEGISLATIVE AND MONTORING POWERS AND THE AUTHOPITY TO DISMISS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE. TODAY THE PAPER CARRED AM APTICLE QUOTING AN UNNAMED 'VETERAN UMELCO MEMBER AS SAYING THAT IT WOULD BE AS WELL TO CANCEL THE 1987 REVIEW SINCE IT WOULD BE A WASTE OF TIME. THE MEMBEP SAID THAT WHILE CHINA HOPED TO HAVE A TIGHT GRIP ON HK'S POLITICAL SYSTEM AFTER 1997, THE BRITISH HKG WOULD HOLD FAST TO ITS POWEPS BEFOPE THE CHANGEOVEP. HE SAID THAT DIPECT ELECTIONS COULD BE INTRODUCED TO LEGCO, BUT EXCO WOULD MAINTAIN ITS COMPOSITION WITH ITS MEMBEPS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOP.
A COLUNIST IN NEW EVENING POST ON 11 FEPRUARY SAID THAT IT WAS
UNUSUAL FOP THE GOVERNMENT TO BE COLLECTING PUBLIC VIEWS BEFORE
ISSUING A GREEN PAPER. THE COLUMNIST SAW THIS AS REING DUE EITHER
TO THE FACT THAT THE HKG DID NOT (NOT) HAVE ANY IDEAS APOUT THE
DIRECTION OF REFORMS: OF THAT IF PEKING DID NOT (NOT) LIKE THE
GREEN PAPER THE HKG COULD PLAY THE PUBLIC OPINION CARDY AND SAY
THAT IT PEPPESENTED THE VIEWS OF THE HK PEOPLE.
9. ''FPEEDOM': ECONOMIC JOURNAL ON 5 FEBRUARY SAID THAT HK PEOPLE WOULD NOT HAVE SECUPITY IF HK DID NOT HAVE THE POWER TO CONTROL THE APMY STATIONED HEPE NOR HAVE THE FIGHT OF FINAL INTERPRETATION OF
THE PL. THE BL SHOULD PROVIDE APPROPRIATE RESTRICTIONS TO SAFEGUARD PEOPLE'S FREEDOM, FOP HAVING NO RESTRICTIONS WOULD TE LIKE A FRIMITIVE SOCIETY WHERE THE STRONG WOULD ELIMINATE THE WEAK. ON PRESS FREEDOM, A COLUMNIST IN ECONOMIC JOURNAL TODAY SAID THAT THE HKG HAD ORICINALLY PLANNED TO AMEND THE CONTPOL OF
PUTLICATIONS (CONSOLIDATION) ORDINANCE PUT IT LATER CHANGET ITS
MIND FOR FEAP THAT PELAXATION MIGHT CAUSE SUSPICION IN PEKING.
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