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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1987
CHOW SAID SINCE
THE COMMUNITY
HOWEVER, MRS
HAD COMMITTED ITSELF TO DIRECT ELECTION IN THE LONG TERM, THE SOONER WE STARTED OFF, THE MORE GRADUAL WOULD BE THE PROCESS.
TIME IN
THE
"WE CANNOT AFFORD TO WASTE VALUABLE
PROCRASTINATION. WE MUST USE THE LIMITED TIME TO HONG KONG'S ADVANTAGE BY LEARNING
GOVERNMENT SKILFULLY ROPES OF HOW WE CAN BUILD A MORE REPRESENTATIVE AND RESPONSIVELY."
SURVEY REPORT IS SCIENTIFIC AND ACCEPTABLE
IN 1988 IS ACCEPTABLE THE SURVEY REPORT ON DIRECT ELECTIONS
MOST EXTENSIVE, MOST BECAUSE IT IS
BEST-PUBLICISED, THE LARGEST,
ALL SURVEYS PROLONGED, RELATIVELY LESS BIASED AND MORE SCIENTIFIC OF DONE TO OBTAIN VIEWS ON POLITICAL REFORM.
THIS WAS STATED BY DR THE HON HENRIETTA IP IN COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE LEGISLATIVE
DISMISSING
CLAIMS THAT THE
POINTED
MANIPULATED THE RESULTS, DR IP CLOSELY THE MANY TABLES, ONE WOULD BEGIN TO SEE A TREND IN THAT, OR CLOSELY SIMILAR OFTEN THAN NOT, THE HIGHEST-RANKING CHOICE REMAINED THE SAME IRRESPECTIVE OF WHICH CATEGORY OF SUBMISSIONS BELONGED. THE ONLY DEVIATIONS FROM THIS TREND WERE WHERE CONFLICTS INTEREST EXISTED WITH THAT CATEGORY OF RESPONDENTS.
GOVERNMENT
OUT
HAD IN SOME WAYS
IF THAT.
ONE FOLLOWED
MORE
ONES
THEY
OF
REPORT, "IF WE DO NOT ACCEPT THE RESULT OF THE SURVEY
SUBMITTED FAITHFULLY NOT GIVING DUE RESPECT TO THOSE WHO
DR IP ADDED. VIEWS AND THOSE WHOM WE PURPORT TO REPRESENT,
HAD
WE ARE THEIR
SHE ALSO ASKED THAT THE SILENT MAJORITY BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.
HAVE FAITH IN THE "THEY ARE SILENT BECAUSE THEY CONTINUE TO
PROPOSAL OF PRESENT GOVERNMENT, IN THEIR ADMINISTRATION AND IN THEIR
IN ENSURING THE PROSPERITY OR OTHERWISE CHANGES WHETHER POLITICAL AND STABILITY OF HONG KONG.
HONG
BE FOR
FOUR
NOT BELIEVE IN DIRECT ELECTIONS FOR DR IP PERSONALLY DID KONG AND WAS CONVINCED THAT THE LEGISLATIVE TERM SHOULD YEARS.
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