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WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1989
HONG
AND
THAT IN THE PURSUIT OF DEMOCRACY, THE UNIQUE NATURE OF KONG AS AN SAR IN A "ONE COUNTRY TWO SYSTEMS" SITUATION
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL OF POLITICAL, COMPLEX ITS
LAYERS
TO ITS SUCCESS AS A INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HAD GIVEN RISE
AND TOURIST FINANCIAL AN INTERNATIONAL
VIBRANT ECONOMY,
CENTRE, AND A VITAL INDUSTRIAL BASE SHOULD BE RECOGNISED;
THAT WHATEVER THE MODEL, SECTORS OF OUR COMMUNITY; AND
THAT HONG KONG PEOPLE
ACCEPTED
BY
ALL
IT
HAD
тр
BE
SHALL
GOVERN HONG
KONG UNDER THE
PRINCIPLE OF "ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS".
HAD
NOTING THAT ALMOST A MILLION PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE
IN PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS MARCHED THROUGH THE STREETS OF HONG KONG
IN ON MAY 21 AND 28 WITH A UNITY OF PURPOSE, MR HO BELIEVED CONSENSUS
IN ESPECIALLY
RELATION TO SHAPING OUR COMMUNITY ON THE BASIC LAW, OUR FUTURE GOVERNMENT WAS NOT BEYOND OUR REACH GIVEN THE WILL.
OF INEQUALITIES
WEALTH AND
WILL "IN ANY SOCIETY, THERE UNEQUAL OPPORTUNITIES.
BE
"BUT
THE
ESSENCE
OF
CAPITALISM
IS
+
A WELL-FUNCTIONING IS COMPETITIVE MARKET WHICH ENGENDERS OVERALL ECONOMIC GROWTH, AND IT ONLY THROUGH ECONOMIC GROWTH THAT OPPORTUNITIES CAN BE PROVIDED TO THE COMMON MAN, MR HO SAID.
IN FACT, LIBERAL DEMOCRACY REQUIRES SHOULD BE NO HINDRANCE AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO ARRIVE AT A CONSENSUS.
A MARKET
ECONOMY. THERE ALL SECTORS OF
"AND THE TIMING FOR SUCH A CONSENSUS IS NOW,"
NEW CHAPTER CONCERNING MARTIAL LAW NEEDED IN DRAFT
* * * * * *
THERE WAS A NEED RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN BEIJING SHOWED THAT
DEAL WITH ANY IMPOSITION OF FOR A NEW CHAPTER IN THE BASIC LAW TO
HONG KONG MARTIAL LAW AND DECLARATION OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN THE
THE HON MARTIN LEE SAID IN THE SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION HKSAR). LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
OF
SPEAKING IN THE MOTION DEBATE ON THE DRAFT BASIC NOTED THAT ARTICLE
THE CONSTITUTION
THE STANDING THAT
OF
67
CHINA
(20) OF PROVIDED
LAW, MR LEE THE PEOPLE'S OF THE COMMITTEE
IN
REPUBLIC NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS (NPC) MAY DECIDE TO ENFORCE MARTIAL LAW
OR MUNICIPALITIES DIRECTLY PARTICULAR PROVINCES, AUTONOMOUS REGIONS UNDER THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT.
то DECIDE ON AND ARTICLE 89 (16) EMPOWERED THE STATE COUNCIL
LAW IN PARTS OF PROVINCES, AUTONOMOUS THE ENFORCEMENT OF MARTIAL REGIONS OR MUNICIPALITIES DIRECTLY UNDER THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT.
/BUT NEITHER