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WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1987
FURTHER MAJOR CHANGES TO PRESENT SYSTEM DUBIOUS
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HON-KWAN TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY THE HON CHENG
DUBIOUS HE FELT EXTREMELY
ABOUT THE WISDOM OF (WEDNESDAY) THAT
ΤΟ THE SYSTEM OF REPRESENTATIVE EMBARKING ON FURTHER MAJOR CHANGES GOVERNMENT NOW.
MR CHENG SAID
SPEAKING DURING THE MOTION ON THE GREEN PAPER, HE WAS OPPOSED TO MAKING MAJOR CHANGES TO A SYSTEM WHICH HAD NOT ADEQUATELY TESTED.
THE STRUCTURES OF
BREN
REPRESENTATIVE
"HAVE WE ADEQUATELY TESTED GOVERNMENT WHICH HAVE ONLY BEEN IN USE FOR TWO YEARS?" HE QUESTIONED.
FIELD.
HE SAID TWO YEARS WAS AN ABNORMALLY SHORT TESTING TIME IN
"I AM AWARE OF THE PRESSURES ON US TO VIABLE AND ENDURING SYSTEM OF REPRESENTATIVE IN OPERATION TOWARDS 1997.
"BUT IF WE WE ARE
THIS
TRY TO GET AN AGREED, GOVERNMENT IN PLACE AND
TO THE INNOVATIONS
IN
WERE TO APPLY NORMAL TIME STANDARDS
STRUCTURES
NOW
THE MAJOR USING, FOLLOWING IMPLEMENTED IN 1985, I BELIEVE WE WOULD STILL REGARD THEM AS BEING THE 'SHAKEDOWN' PHASE," HE NOTED.
MR CHENG ADDED
THAT
HE WAS
CAUTIOUS ABOUT STARTING MAJOR CHANGES TO THE PRESENT SYSTEM BECAUSE OF THREE OTHER FACTORS.
NO FIRSTLY, WHILE
POLITICAL SYSTEM MIGHT BE FUNCTIONING OUR PERFECTLY, HE WAS NEVERTHELESS CONSCIOUS OF THE BEST FEATURES
DEVELOPED COMMUNITY WITH FRAMEWORK WHICH HAD BROUGHT A SUCCESSFULLY PROSPERITY AND STABILITY.
STRESS,
SECONDLY, IMMEDIATE RADICAL WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE SINO-BRITISH GREAT
AND
EXPLICITLY
CHANGE WOULD NOT BE CONSISTENT JOINT DECLARATION WHICH PLACED
ON CONTINUITY AND IMPLICITLY,
STEP-BY-STEP EVOLUTION OF OUR STRUCTURES.
THIRDLY, AND MOST IMPORTANT, HE BELIEVED
THAT IF SUBSTANTIAL ALMOST OF DRAFTING THE WOULD NOT BE COMPLETED
OR SWEEPING INNOVATIONS WERE INTRODUCED SOON SUCH A MOVE WOULD CERTAINLY BE INTERPRETED AS PRE-EMPTING THE PROCESS BASIC LAW FOR HONG KONG UNTIL 1990.
WHICH A PROCESS
ON THE INTRODUCTION OF DIRECT ELECTIONS SAID THIS WOULD BE A MAJOR INNOVATION.
NEXT YEAR, MR CHENG
"THE ISSUE, AS I SEE IT IS WHETHER IN INTRODUCING THIS ELEMENT WE WOULD BE PUTTING THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS AT RISK,
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HE SAID.
HE SAID