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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1987
POLITICAL CHANGES SHOULD CONFORM WITH MAJORITY WISH
THE OUTCOME OF THE GOVERNMENT'S ASSESSMENT OF THE SURVEY OFFICE REPORT SHOULD CONFORM WITH THE MAJORITY WISHES OF THE
PEOPLE, ACCORD WITH THE SPIRIT AS WELL AS THE LETTER OF OTHER OBLIGATIONS, AND SHOULD BE IN LINE WITH THE OVERALL INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, THE HON CHENG HON-KWAN SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IF ANY
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MR CHENG SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S TASK NOW WAS TO ASSESS ALL THE POINTS OF
AND
WORK OUT WHAT CHANGES
SHOULD BE MADE IN 1988.
"LIKE THE SURVEY ITSELF, IT IS A DIFFICULT TASK, AND CAN NEED ALL THE GOODWILL, CO-OPERATION AND WISDOM WHICH WE HE SAID.
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MAJORITY NOTING THAT THE REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT WERE IN FAVOUR OF DIRECT ELELCTIONS, BUT FELT THAT 1988 WAS TOO SOON, MR CHENG EMPHASISED THAT THIS CONSIDERED
WITH OTHERS OPINION, TOGETHER
EXPRESSED
RESPECTED.
OUR "IT IS NOT
BUSINESS
THE IN
SURVEY, MUST BE
TO
TO
QUESTION THE RESULTS OF THIS
DISPUTE THE
TO METHODS USED
EXERCISE; NOR DO I SEE ANY REASON OBTAIN THE VIEWS OF THE PEOPLE.
THE
"INDEED, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE SURVEY OFFICE ON WAY IN WHICH IT HAS COLLECTED AND COLLATED THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF OPINIONS, IT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN AN EASY TASK, MR CHENG SAID.
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HE ALSO EXPRESSED APPRECIATION OF THE ROLE PLAYED BY THE TWO INDEPENDENT MONITORS AND NOTED THAT THE OFFICER HAD COMMISSIONED SPECIALISTS TO CONDUCT TWO RANDOM PUBLIC OPINION SURVEYS TO OBTAIN OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE COMMUNITY'S VIEWS.
AN
MR CHENG SAID THAT TO HIM, IT SEEMED CLEAR THAT THE PEOPLE WERE IN AGREEMENT WITH THE VIEW
OP THAT THE DEVELOPMENT REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE EVOLUTIONARY REVOLUTIONARY.
AND NOT
IN
"THE RESPONSE TO THE SURVEY DEMONSTRATES THE PEOPLE'S FAITH THE GOVERNMENT AND IN THE PROCESS OF PUBLIC CONSULTATION
OTHERWISE HE OBSERVED. THEY WOULD NOT HAVE BOTHERED TO TAKE PART IN THE SURVEY,"
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ON THE PACE OF DEVELOPMENT IN REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, MR CHENG HELD FAST TO THE DEBATE LAST JULY.
VIEWS HE
EXPRESSED
THE IN
GREEN PAPER
/HE MAINTAINED