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affected. This is something that the public would certainly
not like to see.
Sir, I support the views of Miss Lydia Dunn. We should be united and work together so that we can create a new
scenario for Hong Kong. Sir, I support the cautious decisions made by the Government after it has weighed the pros and e
cons. I also support the spirit of the White Paper.
With these remarks, Sir, I support the motion.
MR PANG (in Cantonese): Sir, the White Paper: the development of representative government; the way forward, is a publication ingenuously written, a product of long and careful planning, showing great political wisdom and craft. If you look at the background and the development in the White
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Paper, it will read like the intriguing finale in a long novel and resembles a play staged before all citizens in Hong Kong which is close to its curtain call. we should clearly
remember the many debates both within and outside the Legislative
Council and also comments coming outside from Hong Kong on various subjects. For example, the amendment to the British
Nationality Act, the Sino-British negotiations, the representative government, the draft agreement, and whether
there should be direct elections in 1988. All these
comments and debate show one thing very clearly, and that is, the majority of Hong Kong's citizens hope that the representative system will lead us towards a truly democratic
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Therefore, the White Paper now published is really disappointing. Our society needs harmony and stability.
economy wil needs prosperity. This is what all of us want and we have already reached consensus on this, But stability and prosperity should really go hand in hand with liberalisation and democratisation of our political system. They are in fact not mutually exclusive. This has already been proven in a lot
of democratic countries and remains an indisputable fact.
Sir, the White Paper has introduced the background and