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WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1987
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CHINA SHOULD HAVE FAITH IN HK PEOPLE
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THE HON MRS RITA
FAN FAITH
IN
OFFICIALS SHOULD HAVE
CHINESE AND
SAID TODAY
THAT (WEDNESDAY) HONG KONG PEOPLE'S KNOWLEDGE ABILITY AND AVOID MAKING COMMENTS WHICH MIGHT BE INTERPRETED OF INTERVENTION.
SPEAKING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL DURING THE
THE GREEN PAPER, MRS FAN SAID MUTUAL TRUST BETWEEN AND THOSE IN HONG KONG WAS THE BASIS OF A HARMONIOUS FUTURE.
AS ACTS
MOTION ON THE PEOPLE IN CHINA RELATIONSHIP IN
SHE SAID THAT WHEN
CONSIDERING
THE VARIOUS
DEVELOPMENT
GREEN PAPER, SHE ADHERED FIRMLY TO THREE PRINCIPLES.
ROLE IN THE LEADING FACTORS PLAYED A
GRADUAL AND SECOND, POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE
ΤΟ THIRD, OVERLAPPING REPRESENTATION SHOULD BE KEPT ADDED.
TURNING TO DIRECT
SHE ELECTIONS,
TE
KONG
IN OPTIONS FIRST, ECONOMI
OF HONG STEP BY STEP A MINIMUM SHE
SAID THE
INTRODUCTION
GIVEN THE EXPERIEN
то INDIRECT ELECTION
DIRECT ELECTIONS WAS A LOGICAL STEP TO PROCEED
THE INTRODUCTION ACQUIRED FROM
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN 1985.
OF
AND
WITH A RIGHT TO VOTE
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WHICH
THIS WOULD PROVIDE EVERY CITIZEN ENABLE THE PUBLIC TO ELECT MEMBERS OF THE WAS PART OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE.
ELP TO
"THIS WILL ENHANCE THE PEOPLE'S SENSE OF BELONGING AND HELP ENSURE MORE PUBLIC SUPPORT ON GOVERNMENT POLICIES,
THEREFORE, SHE BELIEVED DIRECT
SHE SAID.
ELECTIONS ΤΟ THE LEGISLATIVE BE INTRODUCED IN 1988.
18 PER CENT
OF CONVERGENCE
COUNCIL ON A ONE MAN ONE VOTE' BASIS COULD MEMBERS SO ELECTED SHOULD CONSTITUTE 15 PER CENT TO THE WHOLE COUNCIL. AS TO WHETHER THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE BASIC LAW, SHE DID NOT THINK THERE WOULD BE ANY PROBLEM.
REGARDING THE
IN PARAGRAPH
TWO
OF
OPTIONS
OF THE ELECTED
DIRECT
OF
ELECTIONS
RELATED TO 107
GREEN
SAID THE PAPER, SHE MENTIONED
ΤΟ ADDITION IN ELEMENT
THE INTRODUCTION
DIRECTLY A
RESULT IN OVERLAPPING EXISTING CATEGORIES OF MEMBERS WOULD POSSIBLY
FROM GEOGRAPHICAL ELECTORAL REPRESENTATION BETWEEN MEMBERS RETURNED COLLEGES AND THOSE RETURNED FROM DIRECT ELECTIONS.
FROM GEOGRAPHICAL
IS ACCEPTABLE," SHR
"THE SUGGESTION TO REPLACE MEMBERS RETURNED ELECTORAL, COLLEGES BY DIRECTLY ELECTED SAID.
MEMBERS
/HOWEVER, ITS