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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1988
WITH ONE VOICE
"AND TO DO THAT EFFECTIVELY, WE NEED TO SPEAK ON THE THINGS THAT REALLY MATTER,
SHE SAID.
ON
BOTH
THE
BRITISH
MISS DUNN ALSO CALLED GOVERNMENTS TO BE MORE SENSITIVE TO THE ANXIETIES AND THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG IN PREPARATION FOR A TRANSFER
TRADITION LONG A FROM A NATION DEMOCRATIC VALUE TO A MODERN SOCIALIST STATE.
WITH
ESTABLISHED
CHINESE
AND ASPIRATIONS OF
OF SOVEREIGNTY OF LIBERAL AND
IN 1988 "CHINA'S WELL PUBLICISED ATTITUDE TO DIRECT ELECTIONS
TO DEBATE THE AND RECENT STATEMENTS ABOUT THE RIGHT OF THIS COUNCIL DRAFT BASIC LAW HAVE NOT HELPED.
"EQUALLY, THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S
TREATMENT OF SUCH ISSUES
QUESTION
AS VIETNAMESE REFUGEES AND TOUGH BARGAINING OVER CALLED INTO
THEIR UNDERSTANDING
OF
DEFENCE COSTS HAVE HONG KONG'S SPECIAL
CONCERNS," SHE SAID.
PRAGMATISM GAINS WIDESPREAD SUPPORT
IN VIEW OF THE PRAGMATIC NATURE OF THE DECISIONS DEVELOPMENT, THE WHITE PAPER
HAS
GAINED
GOVERNMENT COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
THE ON
WIDESPREAD
ON POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE
FROM SUPPORT AND STRONG
THE
THIS WAS STATED BY DR THE HON HO KAM-FAI DURING THE THE WHITE PAPER IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MATTER OF FACT,
"AS
THE MARKETING A CONDUCTED A POLL AFTER THE PUBLICATION OF THE WHITE THAT TWO-THIRDS OF THE RESPONDENTS ENDORSED DIRECT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN 1991," HE SAID.
DEBATE ON
DECISION
RESEARCH
PAPER AND FOUND ELECTIONS TO THE
THE
A YOUTH AGENCY, LIKEWISE "A SEPARATE SURVEY, CARRIED OUT BY
OF THE
ACCEPTED RESPONDENTS INDICATED THAT ALMOST 70 PER CENT TIMING OF DIRECT ELECTIONS AS RECOMMENDED IN THE WHITE PAPER.
DR HO SAID THE WHITE PAPER WOULD USHER HONG KONG OF DIRECT ELECTIONS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ITS HISTORY.
++
INTO AN ERA
AT THE
CHANGE IN THE GOVERNMENT "THIS IS A FUNDAMENTAL, STRUCTURAL SYSTEM, AND IS THE SPEARHEAD OF THE DEMOCRATISATION PROCESS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LEVEL.
/"COMPARED WITH
E