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MRS. NG (in Cantonese):
Sir, the publication of the White Paper titled The Development of Representative Government: The Way Forward, marks a new stage in the 3 development of representative government in Hong Kong.
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In July last year the Legislative Council debated or the
Everybody may have different views on the future Green Paper, at that time I said Concerning the political development development of = our political system. Persoanally I think we should progress gradually and we in Hong Kong, what I would like to see is a gradual reform and we should
must not spoil things by being excessively enthusiastic, never allow excessive haste to spoil things. I think the White Paper
has already taken into account the special environment in Hong Kong,
the provisions in the Sino-British Joint Declaration and also the Chinese Government's progress in the drafting of the basic law for the
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ernment. Ad I think the White Paper has already taken into account the opinions expressed by the citizens during the period of consultation. Since various proposals in the White Paper are in agreement with my request during the debate on the Green Paper, therefore I support the White Paper, including the following
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members, numbers, that is from twenty-two to twenty. Secondly, in
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On the implementation of direct election in 1991,I have 27 further suggestions to make. Since the citizens participation is very important to the success of direct election, the Governemnt should pave the way for direct election by promotiog. civic education. Schools should allocate more time and put in more effort to promote civic education. The education institutes should provide more professiona
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support to MACs, OCs, ACs which form our grass route organisations so that our citizens will have a better civic sense and a greater sense of