(3) URBAN & REGIONAL COUNCILLORS;
AND DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS
6th December 1987
We are a group of Urban
Councillors, Regional
Councillors, District Board Members. We believe that the only
guarantee for the policy of "one country, two systems" to
succeed is to establish a democratic system which will enable
Hong Kong to exercise the "high degree of autonomy"
the Joint
promised in
Declaration when its sovereignty reverts to China in
1997. In particular, we fully support the Delegation's view
that partial direct elections should be introduced in the Hong
Kong Legislature in 1988 because this is in accordance with the
view of the majority of the Hong Kong people.
We strongly request the Prime Minister and Sir
Geoffrey Howe to receive the Delegation. This is the only way
for the British Government to show that the views of the Hong
Kong people are being respected and not ignored.