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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1985
PR CHEUNG THEN TALKED ABOUT CONSUMER PROTECTION AND QUALITY CONTROL OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL PRACTICES.
HE CALLED FOR THE SPEEDING UP OF TRADE DESCRIPTION AND WEIGHTS AND MEASURES LEGISLATION TO ENSURE ACCURATE DESCRIPTION OF THE CONTENTS OF GOODS AND THAT CUSTOMERS GET THE QUANTITY OF HIGH QUALITY GOODS THEY PAID FOR.
+BY PROMOTING THESE, IT WILL NOT ONLY CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS PRESERVING THE PRESTIGE OF HONG KONG AS A SHOPPERS' PARADISE BUT WILL ALSO HELP TO INSTILL OVERSEAS CONFIDENCE IN THE QUALITY OF OUR PRODUCTS.
+THESE WILL DEFINITELY HELP TO FURTHER DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN THE PROSPERITY AND STABILITY OF HONG KONG, HE SAID.
WARNING AGAINST STAGNATION AND RETROGRESSION
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A WARNING WAS SOUNDED BY THE HON SELINA CHOW IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) AGAINST THE PITFALLS OF STAGNATION AND RETROGRESSION IN OUR CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM.
SPEAKING AT THE POLICY DEBATE, SHE SAID OUR CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM MUST PROGRESS TOWARDS THE FORM SPELT OUT IN THE JOINT DECLARATION AS THE DIRECTION WAS CLEAR AND THE GOAL WAS DEFINED.
+THE PACE IS OURS TO DETERMINE, SHE ADDED.
MRS CHOW SAID WE MUST RECOGNISE THE FEARS AS WELL AS THE ASPIRATIONS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE MUST ALSO RECOGNISE THE PITFALLS OF STAGNATION AND RETROGRESSION, WHICH COULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO PUBLIC CONFIDENCE AND COULD PARADOXICALLY PUT AT RISK THE STABILITY WE WISHED TO PRESERVE.
SHE SAID WE HAD LESS THAN 12 YEARS, CONSIDERABLY LESS IF WE WERE TO EFFECT A SMOOTH TRANSITION, TO ARRIVE AT THE FINAL STRUCTURE.
→THE MORE WE DELAY THAT FINAL ISATION. THE MORE CHANGES WE WOULD NEED TO EFFECT WITHIN A SHORTER TIME FRAME, WHICH COULD ONLY MEAN THAT WE WILL BE RUNNING A HIGHER RISK OF INSTABILITY.
+SUCH A SCENARIO MUST SURELY BE HARMFUL TO THE INTERESTS OF HONG KONG, CHINA AND BRITAIN, SHE SAID.
ON ADJUSTMENTS TO THE PRESENT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTION ARRANGEMENTS, MRS CHOW LISTED OUT FOR CONSIDERATION THREE ALTERNATIVES:
INSTEAD OF