MR. MARTIN LEE: Sir, I apologise for not being here when you
called upon me last.
Sir, the White Paper in paragraph 2 says Hong Kong
has evolved over the years a system of government which
differs from those elsewhere in the world. I think that is
We must congratulate
the
under-statement of the year.
complicated
ourselves for having the most
system in the
world. And yet the introduction of this Bill, without its
corresponding part two, makes it even
it even more complicated.
we
So
as
will soon go down into the Guinness Book of Records
having the most complicated political structure in the world.
ad hoc
While we were discussing this Bill in the ad
group, Sir, a number of questions were asked which illicited
the following answers:
First, the question was, why could we not wait
until the whole package is put
put into one Bill instead of
having to deal with one amendment to instalments. The
answer was, well, because the district board elections will
be held on 10 March this year. So the next question was,in
that case why do we not introduce this Bill earlier? And
the answer was, ah, but we
we must wait until the publication
of the Survey Office report since we have listed this
particular option in the Green Paper. So the third question
we asked was, well, in that case why do you not wait until
the publication of the White Paper before you introduce the
entire Bill.
was, well, that would
The
answer