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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1988
NOTED.
THE INTENTION AND
CONCEPT BEHIND THESE OBJECTIVES WERE KONG TODAY, LINE WITH THE NEEDS AND ACTUAL CIRCUMSTANCES OF HONG
IN
HE
SYSTEM,
KONG
SHARED
THE BE
MR YEUNG SAID THAT IN DEVELOPING HONG KONG'S POLITICAL
BRITAIN AND HONG
A
INTEREST IN CHINA,
COMMON POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS, AND THAT A GRADUAL EVOLUTION WOULD
A
MOVE CAUTIOUS
WHICH WOULD WIDELY WELCOMED AS
ENHANCE PEOPLE'S
CONFIDENCE.
"WHAT HONG KONG NEEDS NOW IS A 'RATIONAL MAINSTREAM'
HE SAID. THINGS INTO CONFORMITY WITH REASON,
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TO BRING
DIRECT ON DIRECT ELECTIONS, MR YEUNG SAID THAT THE ADOPTION OF
AND THAT THE WHITE PAPER HAD ELECTIONS WAS A HISTORICAL DECISION
IN DIRECT ELECTIONS
1991 AFTER TAKING INTO CHOSEN TO IMPLEMENT ACCOUNT THE ACTUAL SITUATION DURING THE TRANSITION PERIOD.
IF FUTURE "WITH DIRECT ELECTIONS BEING INTRODUCED IN 1991 AND
THE PUBLIC AND IS WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT MEETS THE ASPIRATION OF
LAW,
ISSUR THE
OF SMOOTH
AND PROVISIONS OF THE BASIC
TRANSITION SO MUCH PUBLIC CONCERN WILL BE SMOOTH TRANSFER WHICH HAVE CAUSED EASILY RESOLVED, HE ADDED.
ALTHOUG11 THE WHITE *PAPER HOWEVER, MR YEUNG POINTED OUT THAT
1991, HAD ALREADY STATED THAT DIRECT ELECTIONS WOULD BE INTRODUCED IN
AND ELECTIONS
THE DETAILS OF THE ELECTION THE METHODS OF DIRECT SYSTEM ITSELF HAD NOT YET BEEN CLEARLY DEFINED.
IT SHOULD PROMPTLY WORK "THE ONUS LIES WITH THE GOVERNMENT.
ELECTIONS TO BE
IMPLEMENTED IN OUT A DETAILED PROGRAMME OF DIRECT
ΤΟ ENSURE THAT 1991 AND ELUCIDATE ITS METHODS OF INTRODUCTION SO AS
FULLY DEMOCRATIC DIRECTLY ELECTED CANDIDATES CAN BE RETURNED UNDER A SYSTEM," HE SAID.
CONSIDERATION
THE
SHOULD ALSO BE GIVEN BY
TO GOVERNMENT
AFTER 1991 INCREASING THE NUMBER OF DIRECTLY ELECTED SEATS BY PHASES
IN GROOMING POTENTIAL CANDIDATES ΤΟ AND TO STRENGTHEN ITS EFFORTS PARTICIPATE IN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICAL AFFAIRS, HE ADDED.
HONG RONG HAD THREE OF DIRECT ELECTIONS
MR YEUNG SAID THAT FROM NOW UNTIL 1991, YEARS TO GET ITSELF ACQUAINTED WITH THE CONCEPT AND TO LOOK FOR THE RIGHT CANDIDATES TO FILL THE SEATS.
"ONLY IN THIS WAY CAN
THE
REAL
DIRECT MEANING OF
ELECTIONS
BE BROUGHT INTO FULL PLAY," HE SAID.
THAT IIISTORY WAS ITSELF AN ONGOING LASTLY, MR YEUNG NOTED PROCESS AND POLITICS WAS A MATTER OF COMPROMISE.
HE ADVISED THAT WE MUST THEREFORE FACE THE REALITY AND TAKE POSITIVE ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE FUTURE.
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