N
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1987
OF
PEOPLE VIEWS AND
"WHEN THE WHITE PAPER IS PUBLISHED NEXT YEAR. THE HONG KONG WILL BE ABLE TO SEE FOR THEMSELVES WHETHER THEIR THEIR NEEDS HAVE INDEED BEEN FULLY TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT," HE ADDED.
REPORT MR FORD SAID THAT THOSE WHO HAD CRITICISED THE BASIS OF ITS PRESENTATION WERE SOMEWHAT MISSING THE POINT.
ON
THE
"WHETHER ONE TYPE OF SUBMISSION IS CATEGORISED IN ONE WAY OR
ARE ANOTHER, WHETHER SIGNATURE CAMPAIGNS
FROM TREATED DIFFERENTLY
FROM PRINTED FORMS, WHETHER PRINTED FORMS SHOULD HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED THE TABLES OF STATISTICS ARE NOT MATTERS OF SUCH MONUMENTAL IMPORTANCE AS SOME MEMBERS HAVE SUGGESTED, HE SAID.
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"WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THAT ALL SUBMISSIONS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED, ALL HAVE BEEN FAITHFULLY REPORTED AND ARE THERE FOR ALL TO SEE."
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WITH
HE NOTED THAT THE MONITORS HAD BEEN SATISFIED CLASSIFICATION OF SUBMISSIONS DECIDED ON BY THE SURVEY OFFICE.
THE
THAT MR FORD REFUTED ACCUSATIONS MADE OUTSIDE THE COUNCIL
MEET OPINION TO GOVERNMENT HAD DELIBERATELY MANIPULATED PUBLIC OWN ENDS AND HAD DECEIVED THE PEOPLE.
THE
ITS
то
"I AM SURE THAT NO ONE WOULD EXPECT ME, AS THE GOVERNMENT'S CHIEF SPOKESMAN IN THIS COUNCIL, TO PRODUCE LAME EXCUSES OR TO TRY DUCK THE ISSUE," HE SAID.
"OUR CRITICS HAVE SOUGHT TO CREDIT US WITH A DEVIOUSNESS WHICH IS ALMOST BEYOND BELIEF. IT IS CERTAINLY BEYOND OUR CAPABILITY."
MR FORD SAID THE WORD "CREDIBILITY" HAD BEEN RECENTLY AND SUGGESTED THAT IT WAS NOT THE GOVERNMENT'S WHICH WAS NOW IN QUESTION BUT THE CREDIBILITY OF THOSE WHO CONCOCT THE CONSPIRACY THEORY.
USED
MUCH CREDIBILITY SOUGHT то
HAS
THE
SUGGESTING "FOR WHAT THEY ARE
IS THAT THIS GOVERNMENT DELIBERATELY WRITTEN A GREEN PAPER IN A CONFUSING WAY TO MISLEAD
UP A SURVEY PUBLIC OF HONG KONG. IT HAS THEN SET
OFFICE WITH THE DELIBERATE INTENTION OF DISTORTING THE STATISTICS IT PRODUCED TO THE SO-CALLED WISHES OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.
SUIT
"DO PEOPLE WHO MAKE SUCH ACCUSATIONS REALLY BELIEVE THAT HAS BEEN SUCH A CONSPIRACY?
THERE
HAD
BEEN TO A
"DO THEY REALLY BELIEVE THAT THE MONITORS, WHO CLOSELY INVOLVED AT EVERY STAGE OF THE SURVEY, WOULD BE A PARTY PLOT TO DELIBERATELY DECEIVE THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG?"
HAD APPROACHED
MR FORD SAID THE TRUTH WAS THAT THE GOVERNMENT THE SURVEY ON THE GREEN PAPER WITH A COMPLETELY OPEN MIND.
"WE HAVE