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HE, THEREFORE, COULD NOT BELEIEVE THAT IF THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WAS IN SUPPORT OF DIRECT ELECTION IN THE FUTURE SAR LEGISLATURE, THERE WOULD STILL BE NO PLACE FOR IT IN THE BASIC LAW.
"THE POSSIBILITY OF A LACK OF "CONVERGENCE" IN THIS REGARD IS THEREFORE EXTREMELY REMOTE,' HE CONCLUDED.
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TURNING TO THE ARGUMENT THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE ENONGH TIME INTRODUCE DIRECT ELECTION IN THE AUTUMN OF 1988, MR LEE POINTED OUT THAT LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS HAD BEEN REPEATEDLY ASSURED BY THE ADMINISTRATION THAT IF IT BE DECIDED THAT IN THE LIGHT OF PUBLIC OPINION DIRECT ELECTION SHOULD BE INTRODUCED IN 1988, THEN ACCORDING TO THE PRESENT TIME-TABLE, THERE WOULD BE AMPLE TIME FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION,
CALL FOR PRUDENT CHANGES
SPEAKING TODAY (THURSDAY) IN SUPPORT OF THE MOTION ON THE GREEN PAPER, THE HON DAVID K.P. LI CAUTIONED THAT ANY CHANGES IN SHOULD BE MADE GRADUALLY AND PRUDENTLY SO AS NOT THE SUCCESS THAT ITS PEOPLE HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO BUILD.
TO RISK
HONG KONG DESTROYING
PROGRESS,
FOR
"IN OUR SOCIETY, CHANGES ARE INEVITABLE IF WE ARE TO AND WE MUST KEEP AN OPEN MIND TO THE POSSIBILITIES OF CHANGE BETTER. ON THE OTHER HAND, PRESERVING THE STABILITY AND PROSPERITY HONG KONG MUST BE PARAMOUNT IN OUR MINDS," MR LI SAID.
THE OF
"LET US NOT HAVE CHANGE MERELY FOR THE SAKE OF MAKING CHANGES.
WERE
HE POINTED OUT THAT MEMBERS OF THE FINANCIAL CONSTITUENCY OF THE VIEW THAT PROPOSED CHANGES MUST BE EXAMINED IN THE CONTEXT OF HONG PRESERVING A STABLE GOVERNMENT, LAW AND ORDER, AND CONFIDENCE IN KONG BOTH LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.
MR LI AND HIS CONSTITUENTS ALSO
THE CONSTITUENCIES, CREATE NEW DECIDED TO
HAVE A STRONG ACCOUNTANTS WOULD
CASE
BELIEVED THAT SHOULD IT
HONG KONG SOCIETY OF FOR REPRESENTATION IN THE
BE
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
THE
1987
IN CHART
MR LI POINTED OUT THAT
DEVELOPMENTS REVIEW OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT CHALLENGED THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG TO
THE COURSE OF ITS DESTINY.
"WHAT MATTERS