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I would like to talk about the amendment proposed by Mr. Martin Lee. Since we can see that we have divided views, and if we have amend- ments it will aggravate the situation, and then in 1993, we have been given a promise that in 1991 there will be direct elections and therefore I am willing to accept that position, but I stiff would like to appeal to the Administration to rethink the matter, and I cannot support the amendment proposed by Mr. Martin Lee.
And I come back to the question of approach. If we want to make clear our attitude towards direct elections, there are many ways f to do so. Perhaps you can say that the existing motion saying
Taking note is not really meaningful enough and at the same time probably Councillors may be divided into different groups. there are other ways to show our views, If we feel that in 1988
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we must have direct elections, then probably we can ask leave of you, Sir, to have another motion and that is, in 1988 we should have direct elections. It is more positive than expressing regret but of course, we have to understand that within the same session we cannot raise a motion of the same subject matter, so perhaps we can leave it to the next session, will it be too late? Now, Whether we propose it now or at the next session, probably we
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not have any support; there are a lot of ways to go about it, and other matters, even though we have-the-White-Paper Mr.Martin Lee you are a barrister and I am sure you are well versed in drafting
legislation, So perhaps we can look into the provisions fer-
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elections to the Legislative Council and perhaps we can have amendments there so that in 1988, we can have direct elections, and this is something that we can discuss.
Lastly, I would like to talk about the motions raised regarding