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THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1988
SAID PARAGRAPH
25 OF THE ON DIRECT ELECTIONS, ME LEE WHITE PAPER HAD GIVEN A FIRM COMMITMENT TO THE INTRODUCTION OF ELECTIONS IN 1988.
1984 DIRECT
GO FOR HE BELIEVED THAT THE GOVERNMENT ACTUALLY HAD WISHED TO
BOTH DIRECT ELECTIONS IN 1988. UNFORTUNATELY,
THE BRITISH AND THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENTS FAILED TO REACT PROPERLY TO PRESSURE FROM CHINA, HE SAID.
"ALTHOUGH I HAVE SYMPATHY WITH THE SITUATION OF THE HONG
THAT MANY HONG GOVERNMENT, 1 AM WORRIED
KONG PEOPLE SUSPICIOUS AND FEARFUL OF CHINA, HE SAID.
KONG HAVE BECOME
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BACK ON
ITS THESE
WORD ON
PEOPLE,
THE FACT THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD GONE DIRECT ELECTIONS MIGHT FURTHER ERODE THE CONFIDENCE OF HE ADDED.
DEVELOPMENTS IN OVERALL INTERESTS OF HK
* * *
DEVELOPMENTS SET OUT
IN
THE WHITE PAPER ON
REPRESENTATIVE WILL BE IN
THE
GOVERNMENT CLEARLY ARE POINTING TOWARDS A GOAL THAT OVERALL INTERESTS OF HONG KONG.
THIS IN THE
LEGISLATIVE
THE HON NGAI SHIU-KIT SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) DURING THE DEBATE ON THE WHITE PAPER.
-
COUNCIL
MR NGAI THE FOCUS ON THE
SUPPORT ING THE FUNDAMENTAL SPIRIT OF THE WHITE PAPER,
BECOME - WHICH HAD SAID THE ECONOMIC SUCCESS OF HONG KONG
THE HAD OVER
YEARS HINGED OF ATTENTION INTERNATIONALLY OPERATION OF AN EFFECTIVE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC STRUCTURE.
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"THERE IS NO NEED AT ALL FOR ANY DRASTIC POLITICAL
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OUR SOCIETY, HE SAID.
CHANGES IN
ΤΟ
"THE MAIN CONCERN FOR THE MAN IN THE STREET IN HONG KONG IS
NOT TO GET FIND A SATISFYING JOB AND SETTLE DOWN HAPPILY, AND IT IS INVOLVED IN POLITICAL ACTIVITIES.
"THIS CAN BE WITNESSED BY THE LOW TURNOUT RATE
11 HE ADDED. DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS,
IN THE RECENT
POINTING OUT THAT THE FACTS SPOKE FOR THEMSELVES, MR NGAI SAID:
POLITICAL STABLE
AND ECONOMIC "IF THERE WAS NOT A CONTINUOUSLY
IN EMPTY ENVIRONMENT AND OUR GOVERNMENT WAS UNREALISTIC AND INDULGED
WE COULD CREATE SUCH TALK, IT WOULD BE VERY SURPRISING INDEED THAT ECONOMIC MIRACLES.
"I
/HE SAID