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-MISS DUNN :
Sir, I support
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the plans and intentions set out in the White Paper. The one thing that has come out clearly come clearly
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government, pr, put another way, a greater say in
the way in which Hong Kong is governed. There is 18 also no doubt that nearly all see the introduction
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of directly elected members into this Council as the next stage in the development of our system of government,
system which has been evolving for many years.
The one lively issue that emerged
from the most extensive survey of public opinion that Hong Kong has ever seen is over the timing of that next stepA When the first directly elected seats
in the Legislative Council should be introduced. It is a great pity that the outcome of the debate on this issue has been so divisive. Most of us hoped that the Survey Report would clear the air and leave us in no doubt where the strength of opinion lay. It did not do so. Despite this, some people have
made their demand for direct elections this year a
touchstone of the sincerity of the Government. a test of its ability to govern. To them, I would
If the views of the community on this issue
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