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THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1988
MR LEE ALSO SPOKE AGAINST
HE SAID IT WAS LIKELY THAT THE
FUNCTIONAL
CONSTITUENCY ELECTIONS. MEMBERS ELECTED FROM THE VARIOUS FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES WOULD PUT THE SECTIONAL INTERESTS OF THEIR CONSTITUENCIES ABOVE THOSE OF THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
AND IF A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF THE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE WERE TO BE ELECTED BY THIS METHOD, THEN THE LEGISLATURE WOULD BECOME VERY LOOSE OR BVEN FRAGMENTED. AND IT WOULD ALSO REDUCE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE GOVERNMENT," HE ADDED.
HONG KONG'S INTERESTS NOT GIVEN DUE ATTENTION
THE DRAFT BASIC LAW HAD ATTACHED GREAT IMPORTANCE AND EMPHASIS TO CHINA'S SOVEREIGN RIGHT WHILE THE INTERESTS OF HONG KONG HAD NOT BEEN GIVEN DUE ATTENTION, THE HON LIU LIT-FOR SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (THURSDAY).
THE GREAT EMPHASIS ON CHINA'S SOVEREIGN RIGHT WOULD UNDERMINE HONG KONG PEOPLE'S CONFIDENCE, MR LIU SAID DURING THE MOTION DEBATE ON THE DRAFT BASIC LAW.
IN VIEW OF THIS, HE SAID THAT DUE CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO AMENDING OR DELETING CERTAIN CLAUSES WHICH MIGHT PROVOKE CONSIDERABLE ANXIETIES AND FEARS AMONG THE COMMUNITY.
SAID.
AN EXAMPLE WAS THE CONTROVERSIAL PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE
22, HE
HONG KONG HAD ALL ALONG HAD VERY LITTLE IDEA ABOUT OFFENCES THAT "UNDERMINE NATIONAL UNITY" OR "SUBVERT THE CENTRAL PEOPLE'S
GOVERNMENT",
THEIR INCLUSION IN THE BASIC INTERPRETATION OR DEFINITION REGARDING AROUSE UNDUE ANXIETIES AND FEARS.
LAW IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY THOSE OFFENCES WOULD SIMPLY
FURTHERMORE, MR LIU SAID, THE MOST IMPORTANT
PART OF THE AUTONOMY" AS
PROVISION THAT "THE HKSAR WILL ENJOY A HIGH DEGREE OF HIGHLIGHTED IN THE JOINT DECLARATION HAD BEEN OMITTED IN THE DRAFT BASIC LAW.
WHETHER THE CENTRAL
THIS HAD CAUSED GREAT CONCERN OVER GOVERNMENT WOULD INTERFERE IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF HONG KONG OTHER THAN IN DEFENCE AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
THE
REGARDING THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE MENTIONED TAHT THERE WAS GRAVE CONCERN OVER PERMANENT RESIDENTS OF THE HKSAR".
RESIDENTS, MR LIU DEFINITION OF "THE
/ACCORDING TO