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ON
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1987
"MAY I TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO URGE ALL OF US TO TAKE NOTE
AND EXAMINE SERIOUSLY WHETHER OR NOT IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF
THIS FACT, COOL OUR HEADS,
OPENLY OVER SQUABBLING INTRODUCTION," HE SAID.
JUST
A FEW
OF
YEARS'
THE QUESTION HONG KONG ΤΟ CONTINUE
IN DIFFERENCE
IT'S
OF
DISRUPTION
IT WAS NO LONGER CONSTRUCTIVE TO CONTINUE TO FOSTER TO THE GENERALLY HARMONIOUS ATMOSPHERE PREVAILING IN THE COMMUNITY.
CLOSER
THIS
INDEED, NOW IS THE TIME FOR ALL OF US TO START WORKING
FROM THE GOVERNMENT AN ASSURANCE TOGETHER WITH A VIEW TO SECURING
TO INTRODUCED ELECTED DIRECTLY THAT THERE WILL BE A
HE SAID. COUNCIL. IN EITHER 1991 OR 1992,
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ELEMENT
SURVEY REPORT FULFILLED ITS FUNCTION
IN
ΤΟ
FUNCTION OF PRESENTING HONG KONG PUBLIC
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
THE SURVEY REPORT HAS FULFILLED ITS AS MUCH DETAIL AS POSSIBLE THE RESPONSE OF THE THE GREEN PAPER, THE HON SELINA CHOW SAID IN THE TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
OUT SET
CLEARLY AND FACTUALLY MRS CHOW SAID THE REPORT HAD DIFFERENT GROUPS OF VIEWS SUBMITTED BY THE PUBLIC ACCORDING TO THEIR NO ASSESSMENT AND VARIOUS SOURCES AND ORIENTATIONS AND IT ATTEMPTED
THE READERS DREW NO CONCLUSIONS FROM THE VIEWS IT PRESENTED, LEAVING MAXIMUM FREEDOM TO DO BOTH.
THE CONTROVERSY ON DIRECT ELECTIONS AS EXPECTED, SHE SAID,
SINO-BRITISH WHICH HAD HAUNTED OUR COMMUNITY SINCE THE SIGNING OF THE JOINT DECLARATION PERSISTED.
"IT WOULD BE QUITE FRUITLESS TO SPLIT HAIRS TO JUDGE THE ENTIRE REPORT ON A TABLE OR TWO."
OVER
FIGURES,
OR
BE BOGGED THE MRS CHOW SAID
TEMPTATION TO EXTRACTED FIGURES WAS GREAT BUT MUST BE RESISTED.
DOWN
A BY
FEW
"MUCH HAS BEEN MADE OF THE 100,000 PRE-PRINTED SUBMISSIONS THE 230,000 SIGNATURES.
AND
AND WHATEVER "WITH THE GREATEST RESPECT TO THEIR SIGNATORIES,
ORGANISED VIEWS, WHICH SHOULD THEIR PERSUASION, THEY ARE AFTER ALL NOT BE ASSIGNED THE WEIGHTING OF REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLES OF THE POPULATION."
ENTIRE
/SHE SAID
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