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MY SEVENTH IPT: REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT: WHITE PAPER: PAPER FOR
THE CHINESE
I PROPOSE THAT THE PAPER SHOULD CONSIST OF A COVERING PAPER
(DRAFT BELOW) AND AN ANNEX COMPRISING:
(A) THE WHOLE OF CHAPTER III OF THE DRAFT WHITE PAPER, BUT WITHOUT THE HEADING ''CHAPTER III' AND WITH THE PARAGRAPHS
NUMBERED FROM 1 TO 13: AND
(B) THE WHOLE OF CHAPTER VIII OF THE DRAFT WHITE PAPER EDITED
AS FOLLOWS:
(I)
OMIT THE HEADINGS ''CHAPTER VIII AND ''THE WAY FORWARD'' AND SUBSTITUTE THEREFORE THE HEADING ''LONGER
-TERM DEVELOPMENTS IN REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT''
(II)
DELETE THE FIRST SENTENCE OF PARA 76:
(III)
AMEND THE FIRST SENTENCE OF PARA 77 TO READ:
''THE DECISIONS TAKEN BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT CONCERN
THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT
BETWEEN NOW AND 1991.'': AND
(IV)
RENUMBER PARAS 75 TO 78 AS PARAS 14 TO 17.
2. FOLLOWING IS THE DRAFT TEXT OF THE COVERING PAPER.
BEGINS
THE FIRST STEP IN THE 1987 REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENTS IN REPRESENT- ATIVE GOVERNMENT IN HONG KONG, AS FORESEEN IN THE 1984 WHITE PAPER. WAS THE PUBLICATION OF A GREEN PAPER IN MAY 1987. THE GREEN PAPER
RAISED FOR DISCUSSION A NUMBER OF ISSUES CONCERNING THE DEVELOPMENT
OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT AT THE LEVELS OF DISTRICT BOARD.
MUNICIPAL COUNCILS AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. A REPORT SUMMARISING
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