The Hon. John Major C/o The Governor Government House
2nd September 1991
Dear Prime Minister
HONG KONG,
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AGENDA FOR VISIT TO CHINA
We are writing on behalf of the Hong Kong Democratic Foundation, one of Hong Kong's major political parties, on the
occasion of
your current
visit to China for the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on Hong Kong's new airport.
following to place the
is of
matters on the agenda of your
These officials of the Chinese Government.
matters are stability and prosperity. continuation of Hong Kong's
British and concern to
Chinese great
both the
We
urge you meetings with essential to the which we know
governments:
1. The pace of democratisation
2. Hong Kong's autonomy
3. The release of more land
4. Vietnamese Boat People
1. A faster pace of democratisation
of the only 50%
This pace of
Annex II of the Basic Law provides that up to 2007 Legislative Council (Legco) will be directly elected. democratisation is unacceptably slow to the people of Hong Kong.
Members of
the Legislative
In 1988,
of the the Office
and Executive Councils (OMELCO) reached a consensus the 50% of Legco seats should be
elected by 1995 and 100%
The British directly
Government by 1997.
In accepted the OMELCO Consensus and made a commitment to implement it. fact, the House of Commons Select Committee
even faster agreed to an pace: that 50% of Legco seats should be directly elected by 1991 and
Sadly, neither of these commitments has been adhered to.
100% by 1995.
You will be
body of election suffrage".
of the main aware that Annex II is contrary to Article 68
is the the Basic Law,
"The ultimate aim which promises that. of all members of the
universal Legislative Council by
Annex I to the Basic Law provides that the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special
Administrative
college.
is to Region
be elected (SAR)
by an
the members of
are which
in turn chosen by
This
Chief Executive is method of selecting the
elec oral China-dominated body.
obviously undemocratic. It is also contrary to Article 45 of the Basic Law itself, which provides that the ultimate aim is the election of the Chief Executive by universal suffrage.
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