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QUESTION (BY WILSON WONG): BUT SHOULD WE FINISH OUR POLITICAL
REFORMS BY NINETIES?
MR RENTON: SORRY?
QUESTION (BY WILSON WONG): SHOULD WE COMPLETE OUR POLITICAL REFORMS BY NINETIES, SO THAT WE AVOID ANY CHAOTIC SITUATION AFTER THE NINETIES?
MR RENTON: NO, I AM QUITE CERTAIN THAT THAT IS FOR YOU WITH
YOUR REPRESENTATIVES AT EVERY LEVEL, IT IS FOR YOU TO EVOLVE AND TO CONSIDER IN THE MONTHS AND YEARS AHEAD, THE PACE AT WHICH YOU TAKE THIS.
QUESTION (BY WILSON WONG): SO ONE FOLLOW-UP QUESTION IS THAT,
DO YOU THINK BECAUSE HONG KONG IS NOW PRACTISING CAPITAL ISM AND MAINLAND CHINA IS ON SOCIAL ISM, DO YOU THINK WE CAN COME UP WITH A POLITICAL SYSTEM WHICH IS COMPATIBLE, I MEAN WHICH IS COMPATIBLE OF BOTH SYSTEMS AND WORKABLE IN HONG KONG?
MR RENTON: WE BELIEVE VERY STRONGLY THAT A GREAT SUCCESS
CAN BE MADE OF THE JOINT DECLARATION, OF THE AGREEMENT THAT HAS BEEN REACHED WITH FULL CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE - FULL CO-OPERATION OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT - BETWEEN THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. NOW THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT ARE RESPONSIBLE IN THIS FOR DRAFTING THE BASIC LAW, AND BOTH WILL HAVE THE JOINT DECLARATION AS THE IR STARTING POINT. BUT BOTH HAVE PLEDGED TO CONSULT THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG AND I THINK BOTH GOVERNMENTS WILL BE VERY WELL ALIVE TO EACH OTHER'S CONCERNS AS WELL AS TO THE VIEWS OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG. I WOULD HAVE NO REASON TO DOUBT THAT, OR THAT YOU CAN REACH THE CONSENSUS OF THE SORT THAT YOU ARE AIMING FOR. AND THAT IS VERY MUCH THE HALLMARK OF HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF GOVERNMENTS IN THIS COLONY.
FR ROBERTS:
QUESTION:
YES, QUESTION THERE.
TSUI MING-YUEN FROM WEN WEI PO.
MR ROBERTS: COULD YOU SPEAK UP PLEASE?
QUESTION:
MR RENTON, THEN DO YOU THINK THAT OUR POLITICAL REFORMS SHOULD CONSIDER THE WILL OF THE CHINESE SIDE AND, IF YES, IN WHAT WAYS?
/MR RENTON: