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the public know that they have changed their stance they would not acknowledge it, but instead, Sir, they have joined together to attack those, the minority, who would not bend with the wind and who would hold on to principle. Their tactic is all to transparent. they want the people of Hong Kong to forget the issue of direct elections for 1988 once the White Paper was published. They do not want anyone to criticise the White Paper and any such critic is to be branded as irresponsible. Constructive criticisms are still permitted, we are told, but it is the Government and its supporters who will decide what criticism is. constructive and what is not. Apparently, the public has no say in the matter. Indeed those who do not agree with the
Government's decision in not introducing direct elections this year have been accused of fostering despair and despondency of trying
Kiin *to divide this communitys per the honourable Miss Lydia Dunn of
casting doubts on the wisdom and integrity of these decisions", thus resulting in a dangerously destabilizing effect on this community*, of creating on the international scene an impression that the Hong Kong people are taking to riots in the street to rebel against" this administration and are doing a tremendous disfservice to Hong Kong by distorting the truth and by creating an ugly image of instability" in Hong Kong, and of making an effort to undermine cohesiveness and unity the honourable Mrs Selina Chow. It is interesting to f see how the Press felt about this approach. In today's South China Morning Post there was an article pene of many,
an article one of many, but this one bears the title Time to Stop Arguing, Speak with one Voice; meaning of course, time to stop arguing even though you are absolutely right in your views about the Government's policies contained in the White Paper and speak with Miss Lydia Dunn's voice. And the commentator of a television programme Today in LEGCO concluded her remarks thus
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"the question is not that the opposition is wrong, but rather that it is wrong to be in opposition." the foreign press has been hit very hard by some members, in effect, for having spread false news about
33 Hong Kong when they strongly criticised the White Paper. Indeed, how very fortunate for them that they have not published such news in 35 Hong Kong or they may well find themselves being the first people ever
to be prosecuted under our celebrated $ection 27 of the Public Order
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