WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1984
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HK NEEDS OWN POLITICAL FORMULA, F.K. HU SAYS
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HONG KONG PEOPLE MUST FACE THE REALITY OF MANAGING THEIR OWN AFFAIRS IN 13 YEARS' TIME BUT THERE IS NO READY-MADE, PROVEN, FOLITICAL SYSTEM THEY CAN ADOPT. THEY MUST FIND THEIR OWN UNIQUE
OLUTION.
TODAY.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE HON F.K. HU IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
+ THE FINAL STRUCTURE MUST ENSURE POLITICAL STABILITY, FFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT ADMINISTRATION, CONTINUOUS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND, ABOVE ALL, THE FAITH OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, HE SAID.
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THE PRESENT DEMOCRATIC SYSTEMS ADOPTED IN MANY COUNTRIES AD PROVED TO BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND POLITICAL STABILITY OF THOSE COUNTRIES, HE OBSERVED. FROM NOW
HONG KONG PEOPLE MUST LEARN TO BE MORE CIVIC-MINDED, TO DERSTAND THE PROS AND CONS OF DIFFERENT POLITICAL SYSTEMS ND TO APPRECIATE THEIR OWN RIGHTS AND DUTIES TO THEIR SOCIETY.
+WITHOUT SUCH KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING, THERE WILL NOT ANY GREAT IMPROVEMENT IN THE REGISTRATION OF VOTERS AND THE VOTING PERCENTAGE WILL BE VERY LOW, HE WARNED.
THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES WOULD NOT BE REPRESENTATIVE AND CONSEQUENTLY, THERE COULD BE A LACK OF PUBLIC SUPPORT IN POLICY DECISIONS AND THEIR IMPLEMENTATION. FURTHERMORE, SOME CANDIDATES FIGHT MAKE UNREALISTIC PROMISES TO VOTERS WHICH MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL TO CERTAIN SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY BUT NOT NECESSARILY FAVOURABLE TO THE SOCIETY AS A WHOLE.
HE BELIEVED IT WAS POSSIBLE HONG KONG WOULD SEE THE EVENTUAL FORMATION OF POLITICAL PARTIES WITH A COMMON PLATFORM ON VARIOUS FRONTS. THESE PARTIES MIGHT PERSUADE CANDIDATES OF HIGH CALIBRE, WITH LEADERSHIP QUALITIES, TO STAND FOR ELECTION.
*THEREFORE, I AM IN FULL SUPPORT OF THE GRADUAL DEVELOPMENT OUTLINED IN THE GREEN PAPER IN ORDER TO ENSURE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, HE ADDED.
IN THE MEANTIME, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY FORM THEIR OWN IDEAS ON WHETHER THEY FAVOUR THE ELECTION OF CANDIDATES IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITIES, OR ON POLITICAL PARTY BASIS, OR OTHER ALTERNATIVES.
+FURTHERMORE,+ HE STRESSED, +WE MUST ENSURE THAT THERE WILL BE A SMOOTH TRANSITION INTO THE SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION GOVERNMENT IN 1997 WITH NO ABRUPT AND DRASTIC CHANGE IN THE POLITICAL STRUCTURE AT THAT TIME.+ TO ACHIEVE THIS, THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE CONSULTED AT VARIOUS STAGES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SYSTEM.
MR HU