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FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1987
+LET'S NOT FORGET TOO THAT DIRECT ELECTIONS IS NOT THE ONLY SUBJECT OF THE REVIEW - IT IS NOT.
+THE REVIEW WILL BE WIDE-RANGING IT WILL LOOK AT ALL THREE LEVELS OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, AND THE METHOD OF ELECTING MEMBERS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IS BUT ONE OF THE ASPECTS TO BE DISCUSSED.+
MR CHAN WAS FURTHER ASKED WHETHER PEOPLE COULD BELIEVE THE GOVERNMENT WHEN THE SENIOR MEMBER OF EXCO WAS INTIMATING THAT THE DIRECT ELECTIONS WERE BEING RULED OUT, HE SAID:
+ I DO NOT AGREE THAT WHAT SIR S.Y. SAID SHOULD BE TAKEN AS RULING OUT ANYTHING. WE MUST REMEMBER THAT THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL IS A CORPORATE BODY. WHEN THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL CONSIDERS IMPORTANT MATTERS MEMBERS TAKE ALL FACTORS INTO ACCOUNT, AND THEY TAKE DECISIONS IN THE INTERESTS OF HONG KONG AS A WHOLE.
+ALSO, AS I HAVE SAID BEFORE AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE, THE SURVEY OFFICE REPORT WILL BE MADE PUBLIC. THE JUDGMENT WHICH THE GOVERNMENT MAKES, ON THE BASIS OF THAT REPORT, WILL ALSO BE PUBLISHED IN A WHITE PAPER. SO EVENTUALLY, THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WILL BE ABLE TO JUDGE FOR THEMSELVES WHETHER THEIR VIEWS HAVE BEEN TAKEN ADEQUATELY INTO ACCOUNT.+
ASKED WHETHER RECENT REMARKS BY THE CHINESE LEADER, MR DENG XIAOPING, ON THE SUBJECT HAD REINFORCED SIR S.Y. CHUNG'S, MR CHAN
SA ID:
+WHAT MR DENG SAID IS CLEARLY VERY IMPORTANT AND CLEARLY IT HAS NOT PASSED UNNOTICED IN HONG KONG, BUT I DO NOT THINK IT IS FOR ME TO TRY AND ANTICIPATE WHAT EFFECT MR DENG'S REMARKS - OR ANYBODY ELSE'S REMARKS FOR THAT MATTER - MAY HAVE ON THE OUTCOME OF THE REVIEW. WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT THE OUTCOME IS.+
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, ON MEETING THE REPORTERS OUTSIDE THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BUILDING SAID IT WAS NICE TO SEE THEM ALL AGAIN.
+ I DON'T SEEM TO HAVE SEEN YOU FOR AGES. I'VE BEEN STUCK IN GOVERNMENT HOUSE, MEETING A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND SEEING SOMETHING OF HONG KONG FROM THE AIR. SO THAT'S PROBABLY WHY I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU. BUT I HOPE OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS I'LL BE GETTING AROUND MUCH MORE IN SEEING HONG KONG ON THE GROUND, +
+AND IT'S VERY NICE TO BE COMING TODAY TO HAVE LUNCH WITH OMELCO. OMELCO PLAYS A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO IT'LL BE NICE HAVE LUNCH TODAY AND TALK TO MEMBERS,+ SIR DAVID SAID.
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