FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1988
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MOTION BY MR MARTIN LEE RULED OUT OF ORDER
THE PRESIDENT OF THE
COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE
HAS
RULED OUT OF
ON
ORDER A MOTION PUT DOWN BY MR MARTIN LEE FOR DEBATE IN THE COUNCIL MARCH 9, 1988.
THE
"THIS DETAILED
COUNCIL REGRETS THE MOTION WAS IN THE FOLLOWING TERMS:
THE
AND TO ANSWER
COGENT GOVERNMENT'S FAILURE
THE INVALIDITY OF THE CRITICISMS MADE IN PUBLIC WHICH DEMONSTRATED
MCNAIR FINDINGS OF THE TWO SURVEYS OF PUBLIC OPINION CONDUCTED BY AGB
OF WHETHER OR HK LTD ON BEHALF OF THE SURVEY OFFICE ON THE QUESTION
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL NOT DIRECT ELECTIONS SHOULD BE INTRODUCED TO THE
29, 1987), IN 1988 (PUBLISHED IN THE SURVEY OFFICE REPORT ON OCTOBER
ANSWER THESE CRITICISMS IN AND ACCORDINGLY URGES THE GOVERNMENT TO
DECISION OF NOT DETAIL BEFORE THIS COUNCIL DEBATES THE GOVERNMENT'S INTRODUCING DIRECT ELECTIONS IN 1988, AS ANNOUNCED IN PARAGRAPH 28 THE WHITE PAPER PUBLISHED ON 10 FEBRUARY 1988.'
THE CLERK OF COUNCILS, MR ALISTAIR LANG,
++
EXPLAINED
THE
OF
THIS BY
DECISION,
MOTION
TARTRAY
INTO ACCOUNT TOOK
THE
FACT
MR LEE'S
DECISION HAD BEEN TAKEN BY THE PRESIDENT UNDER AUTHORITY CONFERRED LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL STANDING ORDER 22(2)(C). IN TAKING THE PRESIDENT ANTICIPATES A DEBATE BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON MARCH WHEN THERE WOULD BE FULL OPPORTUNITY TO AIR MOTION PUT DOWN BY MR LEE.
16 AND
17,
ALL THE POINTS IN THE
"ANTICIPATING THAT DEBATE WOULD BE A MISUSE
TIME," SAID MR LANG.
OF THE COUNCIL'S
LOCALISATION OF LEGISLATION ESSENTIAL
THE LOCALISATION OF
DERIVED FROM THE THE CONSTITUTIONAL
LEGISLATION PRESENTLY то GIVE EFFECT TO UNITED KINGDOM IS ESSENTIAL CHANGES MENTIONED IN THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION.
MR MICHARL THIS WAS SAID BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, CHICAGO TODAY (FRIDAY, CHICAGO TIME) AFTER ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE FOR A DRUG FREE AMERICA IN WASHINGTON,
ADDRESSING A LUNCH MEETING JOINTLY
IN
THOMAS, WHITE HOUSE
HOSTED BY THE HONG KONG
BAR ASSOCIATION, LEGAL CHANGES THAT WERE
BUSINESS ASSOCIATION OF THE MIDWEST AND THE CHICAGO MR THOMAS EXPLAINED TO
HIS AUDIENCE THE
REQUIRED FOR A SMOOTH TRANSITION.
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