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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1985
+SINCE SO MUCH IS AT STAKE, GOVERNMENT IS EXPECTED TO DO A GOOD AND THOROUGH JOB.
+ INDEED, THERE IS LITTLE ROOM FOR ERROR,+ HE SAID.
HE SAID IN THE MEANTIME, PUBLIC CONSULTATION SHOULD CONTINUE, AND IN THE LIGHT OF COMMENTS AND EXPERIENCE GAINED FROM IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROPOSALS, CAREFUL THOUGHT SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE FURTHER STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT AFTER 1985 AND APPROPRIATE PLANS FORMULATED ACCORDINGLY.
+ IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO REMEMBER THAT IT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE TO CREATE A REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT UNLESS THE PEOPLE AND THEIR EXISTING INSTITUTIONS ARE READY FOR IT.
+ IN THIS CONTEXT, GOVERNMENT'S ENDORSEMENT OF A WIDER RANGE OF CIVIC EDUCATION IN RESPONSE TO POPULAR DEMAND DESERVES OUR UNQUAL IF FED SUPPORT, HE SAID.
POINTS MISSING FROM WHITE PAPER, SAYS WONG LAM
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THE HON WONG LAM SAID TODAY HE FELT TWO POINTS HAD NOT BEEN MENTIONED IN THE WHITE PAPER ON THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN HONG KONG.
MR WONG SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THAT THE WHITE PAPER, APART FROM DEALING WITH THE APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MADE NO REFERENCE AS TO HOW THE COUNCIL COULD BE BETTER EMPOWERED TO MONITOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT.
+1 DO NOT SEE ANY PARTICULAR REASON FOR DEFERRING THE REVIEW OF THIS QUESTION FOR TWO YEARS AS IT IS AN INDEPENDENT ISSUE,✦ HE SAID.
MR WONG ALSO SAID THAT THE WHITE PAPER HAD NOT MENTIONED THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
+ IF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IS TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE IN MONITORING GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION, ITS UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS SHOULD NOT AT THE SAME TIME BE MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL BECAUSE THE LATTER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FORMULATION OF GOVERNMENT POLICIES, + HE SAID.
BODIES AS
HE FELT IT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO DRAW A LINE BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE - AS WELL AS MONITORING SOON AS POSSIBLE.
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