CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2674
OF 101041Z NOVEMBER 92
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p.n Leglo (59)
035627 MDHIAN 7046
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INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP JLG HONG KONG, PEKING, HKGO LONDON
CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT: LEGCO MOTION DEBATE
1.
CHRISTINE LOH (INDEPENDENT) WILL MOVE THE FOLLOWING MOTION AT
THE LEGCO SITTING ON 11 NOVEMBER:
'THAT THIS COUNCIL URGES THE BRITISH AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENTS TO ADOPT THE PRINCIPLES OF OPENNESS, FAIRNESS AND ACCEPTABILITY TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WHEN ENGAGING IN FUTURE DIALOGUE WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT ON THE POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG.'
2. THIS HAS PROMPTED ALTOGETHER FOUR AMENDMENTS AS FOLLOWS:
(I) CHIM PUI-CHUNG (INDEPENDENT):
'IN THE LONG TERM INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, IT IS FIRMLY BELIEVED THAT THE POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG SHOULD BE PURSUED ON THE PREMISE THAT IT ENSURES CONVERGENCE WITH THE POLITICAL STRUCTURE OF THE SAR GOVERNMENT AFTER 1997 AND SMOOTH TRANSITION OF HONG KONG AND ON THIS BASIS, THIS COUNCIL URGES THE BRITISH AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENTS TO ADOPT THE PRINCIPLES OF OPENNESS, FAIRNESS AND REALISTIC ACCEPTABILITY TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WHEN ENGAGING IN FUTURE DIALOGUE WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT ON THE POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG INCLUDING THE ELECTORAL REFORMS RELATING TO THE 1995 ELECTIONS TO
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL PUT FORWARD BY THE GOVERNOR.'
(II) AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY JIMMY MCGREGOR CHKDF):
'THAT THIS COUNCIL, BEING IN GENERAL SUPPORT OF THE PACKAGE OF PROPOSALS ON ELECTORAL REFORMS RELATING TO THE 1995 ELECTIONS TO LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL PUT FORWARD BY THE GOVERNOR, URGES THE BRITISH AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENTS TO COMPLY WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF OPENNESS, FAIRNESS AND ACCEPTABILITY TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WHEN THESE PROPOSALS ARE DISCUSSED WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT.'
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