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WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1988
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WHAT WE HAVE ARE POLITICAL PARTIES EXERCISING A SIGNIFICANT DEGREE OF CONTROL AND MEMBERS.
IN THEIR INFANCY, DISCIPLINE ON THEIR
"THERE IS NO ESCAPE FROM IT. ONCE YOU GO THE ELECTION ROUTE, THERE HAS GOT TO BE ORGANISATION. IN FACT, IT WOULD BE MORE RISKY NOT TO HAVE ORGANISATION, FOR WITHOUT ORGANISATION THERE WILL BE NO STRENGTH, NO DISCIPLINE, NO RESPONSIBILITY.
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MRS CHOW SAID THE NEXT KEY QUESTION WAS HOW THE LEGISLATURE SHOULD BE FORMED.
ELECTION VIA THE DISTRICTS THE LATTER CONSTITUTING 75 ADJUSTMENTS AS HONG KONG
SHE SUGGESTED A SYSTEM OF DIRECT AND THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES, WITH PER CENT, BUT ALLOWING FOR FURTHER PROGRESSED FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD OF DEMOCRATISATION.
THE FUTURE LEGISLATURE OF THE SAR SHOULD ACT AS THE AND NOT THE OPPOSITION OF THE EXECUTIVE, SHE ADDED. IT FUNCTION AS THE BUFFER BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE AND THE PEOPLE.
SUPPORT HAD TO
PEOPLE,
"IT MUST BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN GOVERNMENT POLICIES TO THE BUT, WHEN THESE ARE NOT ACCEPTED, IT MUST BE ABLR ΤΟ ACHIEVE COMPROMISES ACCEPTABLE TO BOTH SIDES, SHE SAID.
TURNING TO THE CONSULTATION PROCESS, MRS CHOW SAID THAT APART FROM MEMBERS OF THE OMELCO CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT PANEL, SUC HAD NOT YET COME ACROSS ONE PERSON WHO HAD READ THE DRAFT FROM START TO FINISH.
SHE SUGGESTED THAT BOTH THE DRAFTING COMMITTEE AND THE
THE CONSULTATION COMMITTEE OF
BASIC LAW HAD A
TO RESPONSIBILITY EXPLAIN THE DRAFT TO THE PEOPLE IN A FAIR AND OBJECTIVE MANNER.
THE DOCUMENT ITSELF WAS TOO COMPLEX AND DETAILED FOR THE LAYMAN TO COMPREHEND FULLY, SHE SAID.
IT WAS THEREFORE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR THOSE FAMILIAR WITH THE DOCUMENT TO EXPLAIN THE THINKING BEHIND THE DRAFT WITHOUT CLOUDING THAT EXPLANATION INITIALLY WITH THEIR OWN CONVICTIONS.
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