1991.
position is,
On this issue, the
although the
majority view according to the polls was for no change, we
will change it. Surely, Sir, the sensible saying is to
wait until 1991. But the difficulty is this: If the
Government cannot even introduce some changes to our
political system in 1988, the Government will be seen to
be doing almost nothing in the White Paper.
?
it is
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Sir, this White Paper is already quite white as
I am referring to the inside. This Administration
in the eyes of many people in Hong Kong is already lame
enough; or to use the language of the White Paper, prudent
enough; or to use the words of the Chief Secretary,
cautious enough
and I must congratulate the Chief
Secretary for having discovered in our Bible a new
chapter, the 'Book of Caution'. And when we look at the
Calling word prudence or caution, I cannot help according to mind
a few lines from William SHAKESPEARE. May I read the
paragraph first before a paraphrase with due apologies to
William SHAKESPEARE of course. First, Hamlet:
'Thus conscience doth make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pith and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action.'