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THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1988
SIR DAVID SAID INGENIOUSLY THAT THERE PEOPLE COMING FROM THE SALIENT POINTS.
THE HON MARTIN LEE
RATHER HAD SUGGESTED WOULD BE TWO DIFFERENT CONSTITUENCIES FOR SAME DISTRICT. BUT HE HAD OVERLOOKED TWO
TO
THEIR
"FIRSTLY, THE DISTRICT BOARDS MAY ELECT CONSTITUENCIES MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT MEMBERS OF DISTRICT BOARDS.
ELECTIONS
AS
"SECONDLY, ALTHOUGH MR LEE HAS SUGGESTED THAT DIRECT
TO ATTRACT WHAT HE DESCRIBED IN THE CONSTITUENCIES ARE LIKELY
WITH AN 'HONG KONG MEMBERS', MAY BE
ELEMENT OF WISHFUL THINKING, SEEK THEIR VOTE FROM NEVERTHELESS THEY WILL NEED TO
THE DISTRICT
WHICH IN CONSTITUENCIES
STAND, AND THAT WILL BE THEIR
ELECTORATE."
THEY
REPLACEMENT, IN 1991, OF
DISTRICT-BASED
SIR DAVID SAID THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE SEATS BY DIRECTLY ELECTED SEATS SHOULD NOT BE LOOKED AT IN ISOLATION.
VIEWED IN THE
CONTEXT
OF THE
AND
IT
BE SHOULD
OVERALL PROGRESSIVE DEVELOPMENT OF A MORE REPRESENTATIVE SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT, AND IN THE CONTEXT OF THE RATIONALISATION OF THE THREE-TIER STRUCTURE.
SIR DAVID SAID MR SZETO'S AMENDMENT ALSO EXPRESSED REGRET ONLY 10 DIRECTLY ELECTED SEATS WOULD BE INTRODUCED IN 1991.
THAT
"A THEME WHICH HAS EMERGED FROM THIS DEBATE SO FAR IS THAT DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT SHOULD STOP IN 1991," HE SAID.
THE
AND NOT,
WILL
NOT,
"THE FINAL CHAPTER OF
THE WHITE
PAPER MAKES IT ABSOLUTELY CLEAR THAT THERE WILL BE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN 1991 AND 1997.
OF THE
"THE LATEST DRAFT
BASIC LAW CONTAINS A NUMBER OF OPTIONS FOR THE COMPOSITION OF THE FUTURE HONG KONG SAR LEGISLATURE.
"ALL OF THEM PROVIDE FOR AT LEAST 25 PER CENT OF THE LEGISLATURE TO BE DIRECTLY ELECTED.
OF THE MEMBERS
"THERE WILL THEREFORE BE ROOM TO INCREASE THE DIRECTLY ELEMENT IN THIS COUNCIL BETWEEN 1991 AND 1997.'
**
ELECTED
AGAINST THE EARLIER ON THE UNDESIRABILITY OF
ON FOCUSSING
PARTICULAR
IN SPEAKING SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY MR LEE, HE REMARKED AMENDMENT MOTIONS
EFFECT OF ASPECTS OF THE WHITE PAPER.
....
THE HAVING
'I MUST THEREFORE OPPOSE THE AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY MR SZETO THE SAME GROUNDS, HE SAID.
"
ON
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