1 because the Government's decision in not introducing
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direct elections this year happens to go against
own my wishes
but because it is wrong.
And because
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this decision, if approved by this Council, will
have dire consequences for Hong Kong in the long
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Firstly, Chinese leaders have
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not seen direct elections in action and they are.
understandably perhaps reluctant to let Hong Kong have more than 25 per cent of directly elected seats. in our future legislature. But if direct elections
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which case, we will not end up having a truly democratic
or representative system of government by 1997.
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Secondly, a confidence crisis
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will grow and emigration will get worse because this
is not merely a matter of timing; for many people
have looked on this issue as the litmus test as
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Governments towards Hong Kong.
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Sir, I have looked at this White
Paper quite a few times and I cannot find in it a
single valid reason for not introducing direct elections
this year.
Let me refer Members to paragraph 5
of this White Paper which reads: The Government's
objectives with regard to the systems of representative
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