TRANSLATION
DRAFT SPEECH BY HON STEPHEN CHEONG, OBE IP
- LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 16 MARCH 1988
Motion Debate on the White Paper: The Development of the Representative
-Government: The Way Forward
MR. CHEONG (in Cantonese):
Sir,
I was born in Hong Kong, educated in Britain and have
worked in many other countries. Hong Kong, by comparison, is the
best place to live in. I love Hong Kong and hope that all Hong
Kong citizens can live and work happily in a harmonious and stable
environment forever, with rising standard of living and improving
quality of life. In the past decades, under the leadership of the
Hong Kong Government, we have been living and working in a peaceful
and prosperous society.
Our society is, of course, not without flaws. There are
areas that need improvements. However, the Government has been and
is trying hard to overcome the shortcomings and make improvements.
I think everyone, except a few, will recognize and acknowledge the
endeavours made by the Government. Undeniably, Hong Kong's future
in the longer term causes some anxiety because we cannot foresee
whether the operation of the Special Administrative Region
government after 1997 will be satisfactory or not.
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Worries are
inevitable. Furthermore, Hong Kong people may probably fear that
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the Chinese government will take backward steps and retrograde from
the present open policy to the previous closed door policy.
Quite a number of Hong Kong people choose to emigrate if