TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1984
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+HOWEVER, TO ENSURE GENUINE FREEDOM OF TRAVEL, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THE MEANING OF 'RESTRAINED BY LAW' BE CONFINED TO THAT ALREADY PRACTISED IN HONG KONG, FOR EXAMPLE, RESTRAINT ONLY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE COMMITTED SERIOUS CRIMINAL OFFENCES OR FAILED TO PAY TAXES DUE, HE SAID.
FINALLY, HE SAID, THE POLITICAL STRUCTURE IN FUTURE, THOUGH UNDERSTANDABLY FLEXIBLE IN CERTAIN ASPECTS, WOULD SUPPORT THE CONCEPT OF +HONG KONG PEOPLE RULING HONG KONG+, AS THE SAR GOVERNMENT WOULD BE ELECTED AND HAVE A MANDATE FROM THE PUBLIC.
+ IT IS HOWEVER IMPORTANT THAT OUR FUTURE SYSTEM MUST BE FORMULATED IN A WAY SUITABLE FOR THE UNIQUE POSITION OF HONG KONG AND WE SHOULD GUARD AGAINST MAKING ANY RADICAL CHANGES PREMATURELY AND HASTILY, HE SAID.
GOOD DEMOCRATIC FOUNDATION PROVIDED
P.K. YEUNG
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A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT MUST BE BUILT ON A GOOD FOUNDATION, AND THE CONTENT OF THE DRAFT AGREEMENT HAD ALREADY PROVIDED ONE. THE HON YEUNG PO-KWAN SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (TUESDAY).
HE WAS SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE MOTION ENDORSING THE DRAFT AGREEMENT.
HE SAID THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WOULD BE PASSING GRADUALLY THE ADMINISTRATION TO THE PEOPLE DURING THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, TOWARDS THE TARGET OF +HONG KONG PEOPLE RUNNING HONG KONG, THROUGH THE INTRODUCTION OF A REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.
+THIS REPRESENTATIVE SYSTEM MUST NOT FAIL,+ HE STRESSED.
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THE STRENGTH OF +ITS SUCCESS DEPENDS ON PUBLIC SUPPORT SUPPORT COMES FROM PEOPLE'S WHOLE-HEARTEDNESS IN ELECTING CAPABLE MEN TO SERVE THE GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY, HE SAID.
HE BELIEVED THAT CHOOSING THE RIGHT MEN WOULD HAVE A DIRECT BEARING ON POLICIES AND ATTITUDES TO BE ADOPTED AND SAID THAT REGISTERED VOTERS MUST MAKE USE OF THE IR RIGHT TO ELECT CAPABLE PEOPLE AS THE IR REPRESENTATIVES.
HE ALSO SAID THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG SHOULD NOT OVERLOOK THE WISHES OF CHINA, AS THE POLITICAL REFORM IN THESE 13 YEARS HAD A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP TO THE FOLLOWING 50 YEARS.
/+HONG KONG