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The community's main hope is that
together we should be successful in
safeguarding our way of life, because this
is the best guarantee of Hong Kong's
prosperity for as far ahead as any of us can
One integral part of our
see or envisage.
system is the participation of individual
citizens in the conduct of
Hong Kong's
affairs. The pace at which we broaden this
participation, and the
bounds
to which we
the
heart of much
elsewhere.
This
can extend it, lie at
public debate
debate here and
discussion about democracy in Hong Kong is
one on which I wish to make my own beliefs
and objectives clear. The sooner we can
resolve the important issues at stake in a
way which satisfies our own community, and
I hope our friends in China and the United
Kingdom, the better. But I begin with the
assumption that unless the people of Hong
Kong are content with the final outcome, it
is unlikely to work as well as everyone,
from here to Peking and
again, would surely wish.
London and back
112.
In the debate
about
the pace of
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