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THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1988
IS
THAT WHITE OVERALL
QUITE TRUE "I CANNOT AGREE WITH THAT SUGGESTION. IT THERE ARE PEOPLE OUTSIDE THIS COUNCIL WHO ARE UNHAPPY ABOUT THE PAPER; BUT IT IS ALSO TRUE THAT, AS I SAID. YESTERDAY, THE REACTION HAS BEEN POSITIVE.
BODIES OUTSIDE THIS COUNCIL
"INDEED, FROM ALL OUR CONTACTS WITH PEOPLE AND THIS COUNCIL, MY CLEAR IMPRESSION IS THAT THE DEBATE IN YESTERDAY AND TODAY CLOSELY REFLECTS THE FEELINGS OF THE THAT IS TO SAY, SOME PEOPLE ARE SATISFIED, SOME ARE NOT, WHOLE PEOPLE ACCEPT THE WHITE PAPER AS A GOOD BASIS ON WHICH FORWARD.
COMMUNITY BUT ON THE TO MOVE
AND OTHERS HAD ADVISED SIR DAVID SAID THE HON F.K. HU EARLY PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE FOR DIRECT ELECTIONS IN 1991.
THAT
ARRANGEMENTS DETAILED THAT 'I CAN ASSURE THEM ELECTIONS WILL BE WORKED OUT IN GOOD TIME,
FOR THE
"I
HE SAID.
THE CONDUCT
"I HAVE NOTED THE POINTS THEY HAVE MADE REGARDING OF THESE ELECTIONS.
THE
AND ENSURING SO THAT THE POSSIBLE,
WISH SERIOUSLY
ΤΟ
"WE MUST OBVIOUSLY WORK OUT ARRANGEMENTS WHICH WILL STRIKE RIGHT BALANCE BETWEEN DISCOURAGING FRIVOLOUS CANDIDATES
AS OPEN THAT THE ELECTIONS
THOSE WHO OPPORTUNITY TS PARTICIPATE.
AVAILABLE
AS BE WILL
ΤΟ ALL
SIR DAVID SAID SEVERAL MEMBERS HAD REFERRED TO THE INCREASE
EMIGRATION.
IN
"WE ARE VERY CONSCIOUS OF MATTER OF CONCERN TO THE COMMUNITY,
THIS INCREASE
中門 HE SAID.
THAT AND
IT
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A
FACTORS, EASIER FOR
THE SITUATION WHICH HAD ARISEN WAS DUE TO A NUMBER OF
IT MAKING ONES SUCH AS COUNTRIES INCLUDING EXTERNAL CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF PEOPLE TO SETTLE THERE.
A FURTHER FACTOR, HOWEVER, AND IT WOULD BE UNREALISTIC TO IT, WAS CONCERN ABOUT THE FUTURE.
WHATEVER THE REASONS,
WAS
SHOULD IT
FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT WAS A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT
FOR GUARANTEED KONG; A RIGHT WHICH DECLARATION.
DENY
THAT FORGOTTEN NEVER BE
он THE PEOPLE OF HONG
THE BY
JOINT THE FUTURE
"WHAT WE MUST DO IS TO BUILD A
SIR DAVID SAID.
SOCIETY
PEOPLE IN WHICH WHO HAVE EMIGRATED
ARE
ARE
HAPPY TO LIVE AND WORK, AND TO WHICH PEOPLE ATTRACTED TO RETURN,
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AT THE SAME TIME WE MUST ENSURE, THROUGH OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM,
THAT HONG KONG HAS A REGULAR SUPPLY CONTINUE TO PROSPER."
OF THE
EXPERTISE IT
NEEDS TO
/SIR DAVID