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wish Government to take note of the plans and intentions contained in the White Paper yet do not regret the Government's decision not to introduce partial direct elections to the
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that in the action to the Chief Secretary's statement that the views on direct election for 1988 were divided in the District Board, Urban Council, and Regional Council, Mr. Martin Lee asked for such to be ignored. Other than the frequent outbursts of
disrespect to the President of this Council and the Chief Secretary, Mr. Martin Lee has chosen today to show disrespect to all the directly.elected members of the, Urban Council, Regional
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Sir, I am in support of the introduction
direct election in 1988 and I have said so in this Council and outside this Council. On 15th July 1987, during the Green
the introduction of Paper debate in this Council, I advocated for direct election
in 1988. My reasons were, I quote: "This will provide every citizen with the right to vote and enable the public to elect members of the Legislative Council, which is part of the
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unacceptable to the community although personally I still go for direct election in 1988. I stated my position in the Survey Office Report debate in November last year, and I said: I believe what people wanted from the Hong Kong Government is a firm commitment in the White Paper that direct elections will be introduced in 1991, with a clear cut plan on implementational details such as number of seats, the constituencies, and the
nomination process. *. My request was met by the White Paper in terms of commitment and overall framework. Therefore, I