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FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 857
OF 270752Z MAY 1993
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INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
LEGCO MOTION DEBATE: 1994/95 ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS
SUMMARY
1. LEGCO HELD ANOTHER MOTION DEBATE AT ITS SITTING ON 26 MAY ON THE 1994/95 ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS. MEMBERS SUPPORTED, BY 25-14 (WITH TWO ABSTENTIONS), GREATER TRANSPARENCY ON THE AGENDA AND PROGRESS OF THE ON-GOING SINO-BRITISH TALKS.
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2. YEUNG SUM (UDHK) MOVED THE FOLLOWING MOTION :
''THAT THIS COUNCIL URGES THE BRITISH AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENTS TO MAKE KNOWN TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG THE AGENDA AND PROGRESS OF EACH ROUND OF SINO-BRITISH TALKS DURING THE COURSE OF THEIR NEGOTIATION ON THE ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE 1994/95 ELECTIONS SO AS TO INCREASE THE TRANSPARENCY OF THE SINO-BRITISH TALKS AND TO ALLEVIATE THE WORRY OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG ABOUT THE SECRECY OF THE TALKS BETWEEN CHINA AND BRITAIN.''
3. TANG SIU-TONG (INDEPENDENT) PROPOSED AN AMENDMENT MOTION WHICH
READ :
''THAT THIS COUNCIL URGES THE BRITISH AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENTS TO PUBLISH IN FULL THE OUTCOME OF THE SINO-BRITISH TALKS ON THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG'S POLITICAL SYSTEM AND OTHER IMPORTANT MATTERS ONCE THESE TALKS HAVE RESULTS SO AS TO ATTAIN THE MAXIMUM LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY AND DISPEL UNNECESSARY SPECULATION ON THE SINO-BRITISH TALKS BY THE PEOPLE OF HONG
KONG.
4. YEUNG'S MOTION WAS SUPPORTED BY UDHK, THE LIBERAL PARTY, MEETING POINT, HKDF (JIMMY MCGREGOR), ADPL (FREDERICK FUNG), PLUS A FEW INDEPENDENTS. THEIR ARGUMENTS WENT ALONG PREDICTABLE LINES. A NUMBER OF THEM ARGUED THAT THE HIGH DEGREE OF AUTONOMY PROMISED TO HONG KONG PEOPLE SHOULD START WITH INVOLVING THE
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