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WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1987
"THEY HAVE NEVER
YES-MEN, BEEN
NOR HAVE THEY EVER SEEN THEY HAVE BEEN AS TO PLEASE AS
THEMSELVES AS HERE TO DO THE GOVERNOR'S BIDDING. SCEPTICAL AND QUIRKY AND CANTANKEROUS AND AS DIFFICULT ANY OF OUR NEWLY ELECTED COLLEAGUES,"
SHE SAID.
SHE HOPED THAT ELECTED MEMBERS WOULD AGREE THAT THEIR APPOINTED OF THE COUNCIL COUNTER-PARTS HAVE A CONTRIBUTION TO MAKE AS MEMBERS FOR SOME YEARS TO COME.
COUNCIL, MISS FOR THE GOVERNOR TO PRESIDE FROM TIME TO OF COUNCIL
COMMENTING ON THE PRESIDENCY OF THE LEGISLATIVE DUNN BELIEVED THAT IT SHOULD BE MADE POSSIBLE NOMINATE SOME OTHER MEMBERS ON THE COUNCIL TO TIME IN HIS PLACE IN VIEW OF MEETINGS NOWADAYS.
THE
FREQUENCY
AND
LENGTH
FOR HONG PRINCIPLE AND
CONCLUDING HER SPEECH, MISS DUNN EMPHASISED THE NEED KONG TO SEARCH FOR THE RIGHT COMBINATION OF ACCEPTABLE - WORKABLE PRACTICE BY LISTENING TO THE VIEWS OF THE PEOPLE.
CHANGES MUST HAVE DUE REGARD TO BASIC LAW
THE HON
CHEN SHOU-LUM
TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT THERE ARE MANY WHO HAVE CRITICISED THE GREEN PAPER ON THE GROUND THAT IT LACKS GUIDING DIRECTIONS.
SAID THOSE
SPEAKING ON THE MOTION ON THE GREEN PAPER, MR CHEN CRITICS HAD CHOSEN, DELIBERATELY AND AGAINST THEIR BETTER JUDGMENT
TO IGNORE SEEMED, GOVERNMENT MUST, AT THE OPINION
THE
FACT THAT
IN PREPARING GATHERING STAGE, DEVELOPMENT
THE PAPER,
IT
THE
HAD A COMPLETELY OF REPRESENTATIVE MATTER OF FURTHER OPEN MIND ON THE GOVERNMENT AND MUST DO NO MORE THAN HIGHLIGHTING THE POSSIBLE WITHOUT APPEARING TO FAVOUR ANY PARTICULAR ONE OF THEM.
OPTIONS
NOT TO DO OTHERWISE WOULD ACCUSATIONS OF MANIPULATING PUBLIC OPINION, HE SAID,
ONLY BE WRONG
BUT
WOULD INVITE
HOWEVER, HE URGED READERS OF THE GREEN PAPER TO PAY
ATTENTION TO THE FACTORS WHICH WOULD HAVE HONG KONG'S FUTURE POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT.
A
FUNDAMENTAL
/MR CHEN
PARTICULAR BEARING ON