THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1989
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SUCCESSFUL SYSTEMS MUST BE MAINTAINED
THE
MAINTENANCE
IT IS VITALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE BASIC LAW FOR HONG KONG SHOULD
AND CONTAIN ALL THE LEGAL PROVISIONS FOR
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF ITS SUCCESSFUL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SYSTEMS, THE HON JAMES MCGREGOR TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY THURSDAY).
THESE
PROVISIONS
MUST OPERATE
ΤΟ PEOPLE WITHOUT
MR MCGREGOR SAID POLITICAL FRAMEWORK THAT WOULD ALLOW HONG KONG KONG EFFECTIVELY AND DEMOCRATICALLY, INTERVENTION OR UNDUE INFLUENCE BEING APPLIED BY CHINA WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF AUTONOMY.
WITHIN A RULE HONG INTERFERENCE, AND THEREFORE
HE WAS SPEAKING IN THE MOTION DEBATE ON THE DRAFT BASIC LAW.
PROVISIONS OF THE JOINT OF HUMAN RIGHTS HE SAID.
"THE BASIC LAW MUST ENSURE THAT THE
RANGE WIDE DECLARATION ARE FULLY MET AND THAT THE ENJOYED BY HONG KONG PEOPLE CONTINUE TO BE APPLIED,
Fi
DEMOCRATIC HONG KONG PEOPLE AND LEGITIMATELY IN THE
ALSO, IT MUST PROVIDE FOR AN ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT OF GOVERNMENT IN ORDER TO MEET THE ASPIRATIONS OF THE AND TO ENSURE THAT THEY PARTICIPATED FULLY PROCESS OF GOVERNMENT.
"THE PACE OF DEMOCRATIC REFORM IN HONG KONG MUST AS POSSIBLE BUT IT MUST NOT OUTPACE THE ABILITY OF HONG TO TAKE UP THEIR NEW RESPONSIBILITIES. IT MUST ALSO SEEK BUSINESS CONFIDENCE. HE SAID.
BE AS RAPID KONG PEOPLE ΤΟ MAINTAIN
TRUTH TO SAY THAT MR MCGREGOR SAID IT WAS VERY FAR FROM THE
IN BUSINESSMEN AND
THE WERE BUSINESS GROUPS
ARCH-CONSERVATIVE
EFFORTS POLITICAL SENSE, OPPOSING DEMOCRATIC REFORM AND RESISTING ALL
AT COMPROMISE.
SUFFRAGE
1987 BY THE HONG KONG CENT OF THOSE WHO OF THOSE AND HALF
HE SAID THAT A SURVEY CARRIED OUT IN GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SHOWED THAT 80 PER RESPONDED WERE IN FAVOUR
OF
UNIVERSAL
WANTED TO BEGIN THE PROCESS IN 1988.
AND CONSTRUCTIVE ATTITUDE HE MAINTAINED THAT THIS POSITIVE
WAS VERY REFLECTED THE GENERAL VIEW OF MOST HONG KONG PEOPLE, AND IT
HONG SAD THEREFORE THAT
HAD
NOT EEVENTITSELESPERTE
TO SEEK THE VIEWS OF THE HONG GOVERNMENTLE HON THE
THE BASIC LAW,
AND
THE ON PARTICULAR
ON THE BASIS
IN OF THE SECOND DRAFT OF PROPOSED POLITICAL MODEL, BY MEANS OF A POLL CONDUCTED OF THE ELECTORAL ROLL IN THE GOVERNMENT COMPUTER.
SEEK
DRAFT A
HE SAID THAT IF THE CONSULTATION PERIOD ON THE BASIC LAW
FOR LEGCO OR OMELCO TO WAS EXTENDED, THERE WOULD BE TIME PUBLIC RESPONSE TO THE POLITICAL MODEL WHICH OMELCO WAS FINALISING.
THE
DENIED
OR
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NOT BE A RESULTS
SURVEY OF SUCH
COULD DENIGRATED HERE OR IN CHINA, PARTICULARLY IF THE SURVEY BY OMELCO OR BY LEGCO WITH FULL GOVERNMENT SUPPORT," HE SAID,
/HE ALSO