MAN PA
1992-12-04 19:00
CUMMS OFFICE (GUVT HUUSE)
852 526 0995 P.15
EDWARD HO: I THINK SIR,
SIR, I DON'T WANT TO OPEN A DEBATE.
WILL TAKE A LONG TIME TO DEBATE WHERE
TO OPEN A DEBATE. I THINK IT
WOULD OR WOULD NOT BE CONSISTENT.
MY POINT IS IF YOU THINK
BASIC LAW AND YOUR PROPÛSAL
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WHAT
CONSISTENT WITH THE BASIC LAW THEN YOU CAN SUPPORT CONVERGENCE.
DGATOD WHEN
HAPPENED WAS THAT GOVERNMENT DID NOT SUFFURT CONFERGENCE
CHIM PUI-CHUNG PUT UP AN AMENDMENT TO MISS CHRISTINE LOH'S MOTION ALL
HE BROUGHT IN WAS THE ELEMENT OF
WERE AGAINST IT.
NATTAA AASTATT
CONVERGENCE
AND
MEMBERS
I
FOR
GOVERNOR: I AM IN FAVOUR OF AS SMOOTH A TRANSITION THROUGH 1997 AG
POSSIBLE. I'M ALSO IN FAVOUR OF ARRANGEMENTS FOR EXAMPLE FOR THE 1995
ELECTIONS WHICH ARE DECENT, WHICH ARE ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMMUNITY.
SUPPOSE THAT THE HONOURABLE MEMBER COULD CONCEIVE OF ARRANGEMENTS
THE 1995 ELECTIONS WHICH MIGHT TRANSFER SMOOTHLY THROUGH 1997 BUT
I CERTAINLY WOULD NOT BE ACCEPTABLE TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.
COULD. SO THE PROBLEM WE HAVE TO ADDRESS IS ONE OF BALANCE, THAT'S
WHAT I TRIED TO ADDRESS IN THE PROPOSALS THAT I BROUGHT FORWARD ON THE
TWO HONOURABLE 7TH OF OCTOBER, AFTER. DESPITE WHAT I THINK ONE OR
MEMBERS HAVE SAID, AFTER PROTRACTED DISCUSSIONS WITH LARGE NUMBERS OF
MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL AND WITH OTHERS OUTSIDE AS WELL.
TRANSITION CERTAINLY, BUT SMOOTH TRANSITION OF ARRANGEMENTS WHICH ARE
FAIR AND OPEN AND ACCEPTABLE.
SMOOTH
TIK CHI-YUEN: MR GOVERNOR, YOU MENTIONED TIME AND AGAIN THAT YOU WANT
A SENSIBLE, RATIONAL DIALOGUE WITH THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS. FROM NOW TILL THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR, DO YOU HAVE
ANY CONCRETE PLANS IN THE PIPELINE TO EFFECT SENSIBLE
EFFECT SENSIBLE RATIONAL
DIALOGUE AND DO YOU ENVISAGE ANY DIFFICULTIES IN TRYING TO DO SO?
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