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BACK THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSALS WHICH WERE SUPPORTED BY THE PUBLIC. HE WAS OF THE VIEW THAT HIS APPOINTED COLLEAGUES HAD INDEED BEEN UNDER CHINESE PRESSURE IN MAKING THEIR CHOICE. ARCULLI (CRC) SAID THAT LEGCO WAS NOT JUST A CONSULTATIVE BODY AND THE DEBATE HAD BEEN CONDUCTED WITHOUT ANY PRESSURE FROM ANY AUTHORITY. LEONG CHE-HUNG (MEETING POINT) SAID THE NCNA STATEMENT WOULD UNDERMINE CONFIDENCE IN HK FUTURE. ANDREW WONG (INDEPENDENT) SAID THAT THE STATEMENT SERVED TO SHOW CHINESE IGNORANCE OF LEGCO OPERATIONS. ON THE OTHER HAND, TAM YIU-CHUNG (DAB) COMMENTED THAT THE DEBATE HAD DASHED THE HOPE OF RESOLVING THE CURRENT DISPUTE.
REMARKS BY ZHANG JUNSHENG
5. RTHK TODAY QUOTED A NCNA VICE DIRECTOR, ZHANG JUNSHENG, AS SAYING THE GOVERNOR HAD NEVER DISCUSSED MATTERS IN A SENSIBLE WAY
AND HAD THREATENED THOSE WHO OPPOSED HIS OPINIONS AND CREATING A
PUBLIC ROW. ZHANG SAID THAT THE GOVERNOR HAD REFUSED TO LISTEN TO THE OPPOSITION VOICE AND SEEMED TO BE HAPPY WITH THE CONTROVERSY LAUNCHED BY HIMSELF. HE WAS NOT SURPRISED AT THE
GOVERNOR'S REMARKS IN CANADA BECAUSE MR PATTEN HAD ATTEMPTED TO
BREACH THE JD, THE BASIC LAW AND AGREEMENTS AND UNDERSTANDINGS
BETWEEN THE CHINESE AND BRITISH GOVERNMENTS.
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