FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 19,
UK ILL SERIOUSLY CONSIDER LEGCO MOTION+
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY) HE WAS SURE THAT THE UK GOVERNMENT WOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MOTION ON THE DRAFT HONG KONG (BRITISH NATIONAL ITY) ORDER.
+WE ARE AFTER ALL A PART OF THE CONSULTATION PROCESS. ONE OF THE THINGS WHICH THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT SAID THEY WOULD DO WAS THAT THEY WOULD ADOPT THE PROCEDURE WHICH WOULD ENABLE THERE TO BE CONSULTATION OF THE DRAFT ORDER IN COUNCIL, AND THIS IS ALL PART OF THAT CONSULTATION, HE SAID.
SIR EDWARD WAS REPLYING TO QUESTIONS FROM REPORTERS AT THE END OF A VISIT TO TWO FACTORIES IN KWAI CHUNG THIS AFTERNOON,
ASKED IF THERE WOULD BE ANY CHANGES IN THE POWER OF THE GOVERNMENT IN THE 1987 REVIEW, SIR EDWARD SAID: +WE HAVEN'T
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HAD THE REVIEW YET. THE WHOLE POINT OF THE 1987 REVIEW IS TO REVIEW THE SYSTEM. BUT DURING THIS YEAR, WE SHALL BE SEEING HOW IT IS SETTLING DOWN FOLLOWING THE INSTITUTION OF THE NEW LEGCO.+
HE SAID WE WOULD NEED A LITTLE TIME BEFORE WE STARTED THINKING ABOUT FURTHER CHANGES TO SEE HOW THE PRESENT SYSTEM WAS WORKING.
+THE WHOLE POINT OF THE REVIEW NEXT YEAR IS THAT WE SHOUL HAVE SEEN HOW THE PRESENT SYSTEM WORKS AND WE WILL GO ON FRO THERE,+ HE SAID.
+WE HAVE ALWAYS SAID WE WOULD ADOPT A STEP-BY-STEP THAT IS APPROACH, BUILDING ON WELL-TRIED INSTITUTIONS, STILL OUR APPROACH.+
ASKED WHETHER HONG KONG WOULD CONSULT UK'S OPINION ON THE 1987 REVIEW, SIR EDWARD SAID THE MAIN THING ABOUT THE REVIEW WAS TO TAKE THE VIEWS OF HONG KONG.
+THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE REVIEW IN '87,+ HE SAID.
ON WHETHER THE VIEW OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT WOULD ALSO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION, THE GOVERNOR SAID: +OUR CONCERN IS, WHAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT DOES IS TO TAKE THE VIEWS OF PEOPLE IN HONG KONG. WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR HONG KONG.
+ I THINK THAT AT THIS STAGE, THE THING TO DO IS TO MAKE THE PRESENT SYSTEM WORK AND SEE HOW IT GETS ON, AND THEN WE CAN ALL HAVE VIEWS ON WHAT WE MIGHT DO IN THE '87 REVIEW,+
ON THE QUESTION OF STRIKING AN ACCORD+ BETWEEN THE BASIC LAW AND POLITICAL REFORMS IN HONG KONG, GIR EDWARD SAID: +1 SAID IN THE ADDRESS WHICH I GAVE IN LEGCO THAT I THOUGHT BOTH SIDES WOULD BE VERY ALIVE T THE CONCERN OF THE OTHER.
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