WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1985
+WE MUST ALWAYS BE PREPARED TO SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT WHEN IT IS RIGHT, TO QUESTION IT WHEN WE ARE NOT CONVINCED AND TO OPPOSE IT WHEN WE BELIEVE IT IS WRONG, SHE STRESSED.
IT WAS ONLY IN THIS WAY HONG KONG WOULD BE ABLE, IN THE WORDS OF THE GOVERNOR LAST YEAR, TO DEVELOP A SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT WHICH IS FIRMLY ROOTED IN OUR COMMUNITY, IN WHICH THE VIEWS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE FULLY REPRESENTED AND WHICH IS MORE DIRECTLY ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, MISS DUNN SAID.
EARLIER IN HER SPEECH, MISS DUNN WELCOMED THE EMPHASIS ON THE GOVERNMENT'S DETERMINATION TO CONTINUE ITS STEADY PROGRESS IN ALL ITS PRACTICAL PROGRAMMES TO ENSURE HONG KONG'S CONTINUING STABILITY AND PROSPERITY.
SHE ALSO SAID THAT SINCE THE SIGNING OF THE JOINT DECLARATION CHINA'S PRESENCE IN HONG KONG HAD BECOME MORE PRONOUNCED AS HAD THE HONG KONG PRESENCE IN CHINA BUT NEITHER WAS SINISTER.
+THE WILL TO OBSERVE THE JOINT DECLARATION IS AS STRONG AS EVER.
IT IS BOUND TO RESULT IN MUCH CLOSER RELATIONS THAN HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST.
+THESE ARE ESSENTIAL FOR THE FULFILMENT OF THE VISION THAT LED TO THE JOINT DECLARATION IN THE FIRST PLACE, SHE SAID.
ON THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THIS YEAR'S POLICY DEBATE, MISS DUNN
EACH EXPLAINED THAT MEMBERS WOULD BE SPEAKING IN FIVE GROUPS, CONCENTRATING ON CERTAIN PARTS OF THE ADDRESS.
SHE SAID MEMBERS WOULD CONCENTRATE THEIR FIRE ON TARGETS SIGHTED IN SUCCESSION AND THIS WOULD BE AN IMPROVEMENT ON THE OLD +SCATTERED SHOTS+ APPROACH.
AS THE SPEECHES WOULD BE SHORT, TEN MINUTES BEING THE LIMIT, SHE SAID THIS MEANT MEMBERS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SAY EVERYTHING THEY SHOULD LIKE TO SAY.
+WE WISH TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE SELECTIVITY IN OUR CHOICE OF SUBJECTS DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE ARE NOT INTERESTED IN THE SUBJECTS THAT WE SHALL LEAVE TO OTHERS, SHE SAID.
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