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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1985
MR BROWN NOTED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL HAD ALREADY ENTERED THE ERA OF TRANSITION TOWARDS MORE REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, AND DURING THIS PERIOD OF CHANGE IT WAS IMPORTANT NOT TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION BY WORD OR DEED THAT THE COLONIAL ARGUMENT THAT IT WOULD. BE SO MUCH BETTER IF THESE PEOPLE LET US GO ON RULING THEM BECAUSE WE DO IT SO MUCH BETTER THAN THEY EVER COULD+ HAD ANY VALIDITY TO OUR SITUATION TODAY.
+1 DO NOT THINK THAT WE DO GIVE THAT IMPRESSION, BUT IN ANY CASE THE ARGUMENT IS SIMPLY NOT TRUE, HE SAID.
+1 DO NOT THINK ANYONE HERE DISAGREES WITH THE VIEW THAT THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG ARE QUITE CAPABLE OF MANAGING THEIR OWN AFFAIRS.
+ THE WHITE PAPER IS DESIGNED PRECISELY TO TAKE AN IMPORTANT AND SIGNIFICANT STEP IN THAT DIRECTION A STEP MOREOVER THAT WISELY RECOGNISES THE NEED TO WORK WITHIN THE LONGER TERM OBJECTIVE OF ACHIEVING A MORE REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT COMPATIBLE TO THE TERMS OF THE SINO-BRITISH AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATION IN 1997, + HE SAID.
+WHOEVER HOLDS THE REINS OF POWER IN HONG KONG THE PRIME RESPONSIBILITY OF OUR LEADERSHIP IS TO ENSURE STABILITY AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY.
+THIS IS A FORMIDABLE CHALLENGE IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCES= IN CIRCUMSTANCES OF CHANGE IT IS DOUBLY DIFFICULT, MR BROWN ADDED.
HE SAID HE SUPPORTED THE WHITE PAPER BECAUSE WHEN WEIGHING THE REQUIREMENT FOR RAPID PROGRESS WITH THE CAUTIONARY +MORE HASTE LESS SPEED+ MESSAGE IN THE WHITE PAPER, HE HAD NO DOUBTS IN HIS MIND THAT THE BALANCE AS REFLECTED IN THE WHITE PAPER WAS RIGHT FOR THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF TODAY.
CALL TO RETAIN SOME UNOFFICIALS
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THE WISDOM OF RETAINING SOME APPOINTED UNOFFICIALS WAS STRESSED IN LEGCO TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BY HON CHAN KAM-CHUEN.
SPEAKING IN THE DEBATE ON THE WHITE PAPER, MR CHAN SAID THE APPOINTED UNOFFICIALS COULD GRADUALLY PASS ON THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE TO THE IR NEW COLLEAGUES.
+THE ARRIVAL OF NEW LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS THROUGH INDIRECT ELECTION INTO THIS COUNCIL WOULD OPEN A NEW CHAPTER, SAID MR CHAN.
+THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS WOULD GLADLY UNLOAD THE IR HEAVY RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE NEWCOMERS AND GRADUALLY LET THE APPOINTMENT TRADITION OF OVER A CENTURY FADE AWAY.+
/BE AID .******