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FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1993
EDWARD HO:
MR PRESIDENT, GOVERNOR,
ALTHOUGH
YOU HAVE
MR DECIDED THAT TIME HAS RUN OUT AND YOU HAVE TO GAZETTE THE LEGISLATIVE YOU HAVE PROPOSALS NO LATER THAN TODAY, YET YOU HAVE INDICATED THAT
PROPOSALS TO NOT DECIDED WHEN YOU WILL INTRODUCK THESE LEGISLATIVE THIS COUNCIL. IF YOU CAN DO THE LATTER, WHY CAN'T YOU POSTPONE FORMER, THAT IS DEFER THE GAZETTAL UNTIL IT WAS ABSOLUTELY IS
THE
ΤΟ IT BECAUSE YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT ANY CRITICISMS THAT MAY BE PUT TO HAVE AND FURTHER TO THAT, YOU OF POSSIBLY CAVING-IN TO THE CHINESE? YOU TAKEN ANY SOUNDINGS FROM THIS COUNCIL, MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL, AS TO THE TIMING OF THE GAZETTAL AND ARE YOU PREPARED TO TAKE SOUNDINGS FROM THIS COUNCIL ON THE TIMING OF INTRODUCTION OF THOSE PROPOSALS THIS COUNCIL?
GOVERNOR:
ΤΟ
THAT
MONTHS.
I
LEADERSHIP
PRETTY
A
IF I WAS WORRIED ABOUT CRITICIMS, I GUESS WOULD HAVE PURSUED A RATHER DIFFERENT PATH OVER RECENT DON'T THINK THAT POLITICAL LEADERSHIP, I DON'T THINK THAT
AT OF A COMMUNITY, IS ABOUT LOOKING OVER YOUR SHOULDER THE WHOLE TIME
HONG KONG IN CRITICISM. I THINK THAT IF I ATTEMPTED TO GOVERN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PLAUDITS OF 'WEN WRI PO' I'D TAKE SOME CURIOUS DECISIONS. WE HAVE TO TAKE DECISIONS ABOUT LEGISLATION STEP AT A TIME. I EXPLAINED EARLIER THAT THE FIRST DECISION FOR US TO LEGISLATIVE TAKE WAS THE DECISION OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL TO ENDORSE
DECISION TO PROPOSALS, AND WE DID THAT. THE NEXT DECISION IS THE GAZETTE. THE THIRD STEP, THE THIRD DECISION, IS THE DECISION WHEN TO
YOU CAN'T TAKE THE THIRD DECISION INTRODUCE LEGISLATION. TAKING THE SECOND.
WITHOUT
AND
PREPARED TC
WE
BUT I DO SUGGEST TO THE HONOURABLE MEMBER, TO OTHER HONOURABLE MEMBERS, THAT THEY LOOK CAREFULLY AT MY STATEMENT, LAST WEEKS TO THAT THEY CONSIDER WHAT WE HAVE BEEN SAYING IN THE
ANY ELEMENT, CHINESE OFFICIALS, THAT THEY CONSIDER WHETHER THERE IS ANY ELEMENT AT ALL, OF THE PROPOSALS THAT WE HAVE BEEN STAND ON WHICH IS UNREASONABLE. WHAT, IN THE ARRANGEMENTS WHICH
UNREASONABLE SUGGESTED, DOES THE HONOURABLE GENTLEMAN THINK WAS AN
WHICH THE DECISION THAT'S A STANCE BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT? WHOLE LECISLAI
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND THE WHOLE COMMUNITY SHOULD ACTUALLY TAKE ACCOUNT OF. I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S THE VIEW OF THE COMMUNITY OR THE
THAT THE HONG VIEW OF INDIVIDUAL LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS
CIRCUMSTANCES, GOVERNMENT SHOULD BACKBONE, OR TO PUT IT ANOTHER WAY, HAVE A BOTTOM LINE. A VERY CURIOUS WAY TO GOVERN HONG KONG.
NEVER,
EVER,
UNDER ANY
ON THAT
KONG
HAVE A THAT WOULD BE
WE
THE
THE HONOURABLE GENTLEMAN ASKS NEXT, WHETHER WILL TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE VIEWS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN
WE'LL TAKE DECISION THAT WE TAKE ON INTRODUCING THE LEGISLATION.
AND WE'LL ACCOUNT OF THE VIEWS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
THAT, BUT I DON' TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE VIEWS OF THE COMMUNITY ON
Τι BELIEVE THAT THE HONOURABLE MEMBER OR OTHER LEGISLATORS ARE GOING
WE WON' SAY TU THE GOVERNMENT. WE WILL GIVE YOU A GUARANTEE THAT
ON PUTTING NEED VERY MUCH TIME TO DEBATE THESE BILLS, SO YOU CAN GO
LIKE OFF INTRODUCING THEM TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AS LONG AS YOU
DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE THE POSITION OF LEGISLATIV COUNCILLORS. I'D BE VERY SURPRISED IF IT WAS.
I