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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1986
EARLIER IN HIS ADDRESS, THE GOVERNOR NOTED THAT IN TWO WEEKS' TIME HONG KONG WOULD HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF WELCOMING HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN AND HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH, FOLLOWING THE IR HISTORIC VISIT TO CHINA.
+THEY CAN BE ASSURED THAT THE WELCOME WILL BE A VERY WARM ONE, HE SAID.
+DURING A BUSY STAY HER MAJESTY WILL MEET A WIDE RANGE OF HONG KONG PEOPLE AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THIS CHAMBER. SHE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE FOR HERSELF THE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENTS WHICH HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN HONG KONG SINCE HER VISIT IN 1975.+
1987 REVIEW: CAREFUL ASSESSMENT OF DEVELOPMENTS
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THE 1987 REVIEW OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT WILL CALL FOR A CAREFUL ASSESSMENT OF DEVELOPMENTS SINCE THE PUBLICATION OF THE 1984 WHITE PAPER, AND OF THE RESPONSE OF THE COMMUNITY TO THEM. THE GOVERNOR, SİR EDWARD YOUDE, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SIR EDWARD SAID THE 1987 REVIEW WOULD BE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TASKS OF THE COMING YEAR.
+ IT WILL CONSIDER WHETHER FURTHER CHANGES ARE DESIRABLE AND
IF SO, THE TIMESCALE FOR THEIR INTRODUCTION, HE SAID.
+THE GREEN PAPER, WHICH WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT YEAR, WILL SEEK THE VIEWS OF THE PUBLIC ON THESE ISSUES INCLUDING WHETHER THERE SHOULD BE FURTHER CHANGES TO THE COMPOSITION AND THE METHOD OF SELECTION OF MEMBERS TO THIS COUNCIL,+
SIR EDWARD SAID THAT AT PRESENT THERE WAS A WIDE RANGE OF OPINION AND NO CLEAR CONSENSUS ON MANY IMPORTANT ISSUES. TIME WOULD THEREFORE BE ALLOWED FOR PUBLIC CONSULTATION.
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+ONLY THEN WILL COME THE TIME FOR FIRM DECISIONS, + HE SAID. +OUR SOCIETY IS NOT STATIC AND WE MUST BE ALIVE TO THE NEED TO ALLOW WIDER PARTICIPATION IN THE PROCESSES OF GOVERNMENT, IF THIS PROVES TO BE THE GENERAL ASPIRATION OF THE COMMUNITY.+
IT WAS EXPECTED THAT THE SUBSEQUENT WHITE PAPER WOULD BE
READY BY THE END OF 1987, HE ADDED.
COMMENTING ON THE GENERAL STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT IN THE TERRITORY, SIR EDWARD SAID IT WAS NOW WELL ESTABLISHED, AT DISTRICT BOARD, URBAN AND REGIONAL COUNCIL AND CENTRAL LEGISLATIVE LEVEL.
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