THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1988
RESIDENTS SHOULD WORK TOWARDS WHITE PAPER'S AIMS: GOVERNOR
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (THURSDAY) URGED TO WORK TOWARDS THE AIMS SET DOWN IN THE WHITE PAPER AND TO FOR THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS OF CIVIC EDUCATION.
PEOPLE PREPARE
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER HIS VISIT TO THE GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, SIR DAVID SAID THE GOVERNMENT'S DECISION TO PROVIDE 10 DIRECTLY ELECTED SEATS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN 1991 WAS A FIRM ONE.
HE SAID PEOPLE DID NOT WANT UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE SITUATION.
"THEY WANT CERTAINTY, AND THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN GIVEN BY THE WHITE PAPER ISSUED YESTERDAY, SIR DAVID SAID.
"THE POINT I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE ABOUT THE WHOLE WHITE PAPER EXERCISE IS THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH A LONG PERIOD OF DISCUSSION IN HONG KONG, VERY EXTENSIVE AND VERY IMPRESSIVE DISCUSSIONS.
SUBJECT.
"IT SHOWED THERE WAS ENORMOUS INTEREST IN HONG KONG IN THE
"IT SHOWED THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WANTED DIRECT ELECTIONS AND THEY WANTED THEM BEFORE 1997. IT SHOWED THAT THEY WERE VERY DIVIDED IN THEIR VIEWS ON WHETHER THOSE DIRECT ELECTIONS SHOULD TAKE PLACE IN 1988, SIR DAVID SAID.
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IT WAS
THIS
THE GOVERNOR POINTED OUT THAT
ΤΟ RESPONSE DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT THAT THE GOVERNMENT MADE DECISIONS IN THE WHITE PAPER.
THE
ITS
"THOSE DECISIONS ARE VERY FAR-REACHING,"
SIR DAVID SAID.
SYSTEMS
DURING HIS TOUR OF THE COLLEGE, SIR DAVID NOTICED A BLACKBOARD WITH A TABLE SHOWING THE DEVELOPMENT OF GOVERNMENT IN HONG KONG DATING BACK TO 1948.
SIR DAVID SAID IT SHOWED THE PROGRESSION OF THE DEVELOPMENT REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN HONG KONG.
OF
"THE STEP THAT WAS ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT
FIRST TIME WE STEP IN THAT PROGRESSION. FOR THE
HAVE WILL
DIRECT
ELECTIONS AFTER 140 ODD YEARS OF A
SYSTEM, THE GOVERNOR
SAID.
DIFFERENT
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SIR DAVID SAID THE 10 DIRECTLY ELECTED SEATS PROPOSED IN THE WHITE PAPER WAS A LOGICAL DEVELOPMENT TO THE PRESENT SYSTEM.
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