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THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1985
MR LAM CONSIDERED AS UNREALISTIC SOME PEOPLE'S PROPOSALS THAT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, AS WELL AS THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SHOULD BE OPEN FOR DIRECT ELECTIONS IMMEDIATELY.
HE WARNED AGAINST EXCESSIVE EMPTY THEORIES ON DEMOCRACY WITH NO REGARD FOR THE ACTUAL SITUATION.
+AT THE PRESENT STAGE OF ADMINISTRATIVE DEVELOPMENT, REFORMS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SHOULD BE PROGRESSIVELY INTRODUCED AND CHANGES IN THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL WILL TAKE PLACE AT AN APPROPRIATE TIME AFTER EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN OBTAINED, MR LAM SAID.
HE SUPPORTED THE IDEA OF CULTIVATING ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL ON THE BASIC LEVEL.
+ IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY AND CULTIVATE A GREAT NUMBER OF POLITICAL TALENTS TO FACILITATE SMOOTH IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RETURNING OF POWER TO THE PEOPLE. ALL MEMBERS OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL COUNCILS' INCLUDING THE DISTRICT BOARDS, THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE REGIONÁL COUNCIL, SHOULD BE RETURNED BY DIRECT ELECTIONS FROM 1988 ONWARDS.
+THROUGH ACTUAL PARTICIPATION IN VARIOUS POLITICAL ACTIVITIES, THEY WILL BECOME MORE FAR-SIGHTED AND ABLE PERSONNEL WHO WILL FORM A STRONG RESERVE FOR HONG KONG PEOPLE ADMINISTERING HONG KONG IN THE FUTURE,+ HE SAID.
MR LAM DESCRIBED THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEMBERSHIP OF THE FUTURE LEGCO AS THE COUNCIL'S +TRUNK+ AND +BRANCHES+.
HE SAID THE +GEOGRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIVES+ SHOULD BE THE +TRUNK+, AND HE THOUGHT IT WAS INAPPROPRIATE THAT ONLY 10 SEATS WERE GIVEN TO THE DISTRICT BOARDS,
HE HOPED THAT IN THE 1987 REVIEW THE GOVERNMENT WOULD GIVE CAREFUL CONSIDERATION TO INCREASING THE NUMBER OF SEATS FORMED ON THE BASIS OF DISTRICT ELECTIONS SO THAT ALL 19 DISTRICT BOARDS COULD HAVE ELECTED LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS REPRESENTING THEIR OWN DISTRICTS.
MR LAM REGARDED THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES AS THE +BRANCHES OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
HE THOUGHT THEY SHOULD NOT TAKE UP TOO LARGE A PROPORTION OF SEATS.
HE FELT THAT MEMBERS RETURNED BY THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES WOULD INEVITABLY BE RESTRICTED BY THE INTERESTS OF THE ORGANISATIONS WHICH THEY REPRESENTED WHEN MAKING RESOLUTIONS IN THE DEBATES.
HE SAID IT WOULD BE A PRACTICABLE MEASURE TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF SEATS RETURNED BY THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES TO PREVENT IT FROM BECOMING TOO LARGE.
/+WHERE NECESSARY