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WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1989
NOBODY
WANTS ΤΟ SEE THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL
ASSEMBLY, OF
RIGHTS
OF
OF
*AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH. OF THE PRESS, OF
ASSOCIATION. PROCESSION, AND OF DEMONSTRATION TO BE TAKEN AWAY AT THE WHIMS OF PARTY LEADERS. HE SAID.
THE
KONG WOULD NOT EXECUTIVE WOULD NOT
HE THEREFORE BELIEVED THAT THE PEOPLE OF HONG ACCEPT THE OMELCO MAJORITY MODEL THAT THE CHIEF BE DIRECTLY ELECTED UNTIL THE YEAR 2003.
HE SAID THAT ALTHOUGH
OMELCO WAS
UNABLE
DRAFT
TO
BASIC
REACH COMPLETE HE LAW WOULD BE
CONSENSUS AT THIS POINT OF TIME, IT DID NOT MATTER GREATLY BECAUSE
CONSULTATION PERIOD ON THE HOPED THE PROLONGED IN THE LIGHT OF RECENT EVENTS.
CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE
SHOULD
THE VIEWS OF THE PUBLIC AT THE DRAFT BASIC
"FURTHER, THE BASIC LAW IMMEDIATELY RESUME ITS DUTY IN CANVASSING BECAUSE THE WHOLE OF HONG KONG WOULD BE LOOKING LAW IN A COMPLETELY NEW LIGHT, HE SAID.
I
AS TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CENTRAL AUTHORITIES AND HKSAR, HE FULLY ENDORSED THE POSITION REACHED BY OMELCO.
THE
OFFENCES NATION-WIDE
THAT "I WISH ONLY TO ADD HERE
COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY IN CHINA MUST NOT BE INTRODUCED TO THE HKSAR WHETHER AS A LAW UNDER ARTICLE 18 OR BY ANY OTHER MEANS WHATSOEVER,
11 HE SAID,
IMMIGRATION AMENDMENT BILL PASSED
* *
THE IMMIGRATION (AMENDMENT) (NO.2) BILL 1989 WAS PASSED BY LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
ISSUES WITH
THE
THE BILL, DEALING
CONCERNING VIETNAMESE ASYLUM SEEKERS, COMPLETED ITS PASSAGE THROUGH THE COUNCIL IN ONE SITTING.
TWO MEMBERS SPOKE ON THE BILL. THE HON STEPHEN CHEONG SPOKE FAVOUR, AND THE HON MARTIN LEE SPOKE AGAINST.
THE HON
IN
ALISTAIR ASPREY, ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON JEREMY
THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, WHO INTRODUCED THE BILL, AND THE MATHEWS, REPLIED FOR THE GOVERNMENT.
SEVEN OTHER BILLS WERE INTRODUCED FOR FIRST AND SECOND READINGS AND DEBATES ON ALL SEVEN WERE ADJOURNED.
/THEY WERE :
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