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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1988
TO ACHIEVE THAT OBJECTIVE, A STABLE NEEDED TO CONVINCE INVESTORS THAT THEY COULD ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN HONG KONG.
AND SECURE SOCIETY WAS SAFELY CARRY ON THEIR
FURTHERMORE, IN ORDER ΤΟ REDUCE ΤΟ A MINIMUM POSSIBLE INTERVENTION FROM CHINA, IT WAS NECESSARY FOR HONG KONG ΤΟ CONTINUE DEVELOPING ITSELF INTO AN INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR TRADING, FINANCIAL, AND TOURIST ACTIVITIES.
MR CHEONG ADDED THAT THE KEY TO THE SUCCESS OF THE ONE-COUNTRY, TWO-SYSTEMS CONCEPT WAS WHETHER THE SAR GOVERNMENT WAS ABLE ΤΟ MAINTAIN A GOOD UNDERSTANDING AND CONSTRUCTIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT.
REALISTIC, PRACTICAL WAY FORWARD
THERE HAS BEEN A GENERAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE WHITE PAPER ON REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT AS A WORKABLE POLICY PAPER BOTH IN MOVEMENT AND IN BALANCE POINTING TO A REALISTIC AND PRACTICAL WAY FORWARD, THE HON SELINA CHOW SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THESE WERE THE FINDINGS EITHER THROUGH DIRECT CONTACT WITH PEOPLE OF VARIOUS SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY, OR FROM THE INDEPENDENT SURVEYS CONDUCTED BY INTERESTED AND DISINTERESTED BODIES, MRS CHOW SAID IN THE DEBATE ON THE WHITE PAPER.
"1 SHARE THE VIEW THAT IN ANY DEMOCRATIC PROCESS, AMPLE OPPORTUNITY MUST BE GIVEN FOR ALL VIEWS TO BE AIRED AND DEBATED,
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SAID.
"BUT IN THAT SAME DEMOCRATIC PROCESS, THERE MUST COME A TIME WHEN DECISIONS HAVE TO BE MADE, EVEN ΤΟ THE DISPLEASURE OF SOME, BEARING IN MIND NO DECISION CAN PLEASE EVERYONE.
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MRS CHOW SAID THAT TO PROTRACT PUBLIC DEBATE BEYOND THAT POINT BY CASTING DOUBTS ON THE WISDOM AND INTEGRITY OF THOSE DECISIONS AND THE PEOPLE WHO MADE THEM COULD ONLY RESULT IN A DESTABILISING EFFECT ON THE COMMUNITY.
SHE SAID SHE BELIEVED A CAMPAIGN WAS AFOOT TO CREATE ON THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE AN IMPRESSION, AND A FALSE ONE, THAT THE HONG KONG PEOPLE WERE BEING SHORTCHANGED BY THE DECISIONS TAKEN JN THE WHITE PAPER.
SHE REFERRED TO PEOPLE WHOM SHE HAD MET IN LONDON OVER LUNAR NEW YEAR WHO HAD BEEN GIVEN A MISLEADING IMPRESSION BY
NEWSPAPER REPORTS.
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