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reform to
introduce instability
an extent that might introduce
and uncertainty into
the
territory.
In
this connexion,
administration
of
the
it
is particularly
the
to
important that the people of Hong Kong should have confidence in the system of government during period leading up to the restoration of Hong Kong China in 1997, and in continuity after
in continuity after 1997 when Hong
Kong will be a Special Administrative Region of
People's Republic of China.
the
5.
The Government's objectives with regard to the representative government in Hong Kong are
system of
therefore as follows:
(a)
that it
continue should
to evolve
to
(b)
suit Hong Kong's circumstances;
that its development should be prudent
and gradual;
(c)
that any
reforms should have the widest
possible support
SO as to command the
confidence of the community as a whole;
and
(d)
that the
before 1997 in place before system in place
should permit
а smooth
transition
in
1997 and a high degree of continuity
thereafter.
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