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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1985
+ THEREFORE, I PROPOSE THAT IN 1988, THE NUMBER OF UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS SHOULD BE EXPANDED TO 60 WITH 20 MEMBERS FROM THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, 20 MEMBERS FROM THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES AND 20 MEMBERS THROUGH TERRITORY-WIDE ELECTIONS,
+THERE ARE PEOPLE IN HONG KONG CONCERNED ABOUT DIRECT ELECTIONS BECAUSE OF SO-CALLED 'FREE LUNCHERS' GETTING INTO THE LEGISLATURE. I UNDERSTAND THIS CONCERN BUT I DISAGREE.
+ THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG MUST HAVE A RIGHT TO CHOOSE THE IK REPRESENTATIVES DIRECTLY FOR THE LEGISLATURE AND I AM SURE MANY PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO MAKE PERSONAL SACRIFICES FOR THE WELL-BEING OF HONG KONG. THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT NECESSARILY FREE LUNCHERS'.
+ THE ALLOCATION OF ONE THIRD OF THE SEATING TO A SINGLE LIST TERRITORY-WIDE ELECTION SHOULD BOOST THE CONFIDENCE OF THE PEOPLE IN RECOGNITION OF ACHIEVING THE SELF-ADMINISTRATION OF HONG KONG WHICH WAS PROMISED BY CHINESE LEADERS.+
MR LEE SAID THIS PROPOSAL WOULD ALSO HELP HONG KONG IN ESTABLISHING AN ELECTED LEGISLATURE AND WOULD MOST PROBABLY SUCCEED IN THE FORMATION OF A REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT AS STATED IN THE WHITE PAPER. HE BELIEVED IT WOULD ALSO PROVIDE CONTINUITY UP TO AND BEYOND 1997.
SPEAKING ON THE GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEM, MR LEE SAID IT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE FUTURE.
SUPPORTING CALLS FOR A MINISTERIAL SYSTEM, HE SAID: +1 BELIEVE THAT THE AUTHORITY TO CONTROL AND SUPERVISE THE POLICIES AND OPERATIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE MOST EFFECTIVE THROUGH A FORM OF MINISTERIAL SYSTEM IN THE FUTURE.
+ IT IS A SYSTEM THAT SHOULD BE ACCEPTABLE TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG. EVEN THOUGH I AGREE WITH THE WHITE PAPER THAT THE WHOLE SUBJECT WILL BE ADDRESSED FURTHER AT A LATER STAGE, I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST TO THE GOVERNMENT TO PLAN WELL IN ADVANCE.+
MR LEE SAID: +1 HAVE EXPRESSED MY RESERVATIONS ON THE 1985 FORMATION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND I HAVE SPOKEN ON MY PROPOSALS FOR THE FUTURE.
+THE PUBLIC AT LARGE SEEM TO ACCEPT THE FORMATION OF THE 1995 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL EVEN THOUGH IT IS LACKING IN LONG TERM VISION AND PLANNING.
+ I AM WILLING TO SUPPORT THE WHITE PAPER AND THE MOTION BEFORE US TODAY PROVIDED THAT IN THE 1987 REVIEW THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WILL BE GIVEN THE FUTURE PROPOSALS RUNNING UP TO 19-7.+
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