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HE ALSO SAID THAT RECENT EVENTS IN CHINA AND IN HONG KONG HAD CONFIRMED HIS LONG-HELD VIEW THAT HONG KONG PEOPLE MUST BE GIVEN WHAT THEY SOUGHT, A DEMOCRATICALLY-ELECTED GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE THROUGH THEIR ELECTED ANYTHING LESS WOULD BE A DENIAL OF JUSTICE.
ANSWERABLE AND REPRESENTATIVES.
CONSISTENTLY SHOWN
COMMENTING THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAD ITS WILLINGNESS TO ACCEDE TO THE HONG KONG VIEW ON ALMOST ALL THE SECTIONS OF THE BASIC LAW, MR MCGREGOR SAID THAT IF THE POLITICAL MODEL WOULD ALLOW HONG KONG PEOPLE TO RULE HONG KONG WITHOUT SERIOUS INTERFERENCE FROM CHINA, HONG KONG COULD HAVE A MOST SUCCESSFUL EXISTENCE AS AN SAR WHOSE EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE WOULD ENCOURAGE CHINA TO CATCH UP.
SO, IF OMELCO COULD REACH A UNANIMOUS VIEW ON THE POLITICAL MODEL, THIS WOULD BE A GIANT STEP FORWARD, AND AN OMELCO SURVEY ON THE POLITICAL MODEL MIGHT WELL MAKE THE PROPOSALS IRRESISTIBLE; CHINA WOULD THEN BE UNDER VERY STRONG PRESSURE TO ACCEPT IT, HE SAID.
HE ALSO SAID THAT HE WAS VERY PLEASED THAT OMELCO HAD BEEN ABLE TO REACH A LARGE MEASURE OF AGREEMENT ON THE PACE OF DEMOCRATIC REFORM, AND THAT THIS ENVISAGED A FULLY ELECTED LEGISLATURE BY 2003.
ALSO, THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE WOULD BE ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE BY 2003 AND A SYSTEM OF CHECKS AND BALANCES WOULD BE PROPOSED TO ENSURE THAT THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE SHOULD HAVE THE AUTHORITY NEEDED TO CARRY OUT HIS HEAVY DUTIES WHILE HE AND HIS EXECUTIVE SHOULD BE PROPERLY ACCOUNTABLE TO THE LEGISLATURE.
MR MCGREGER SAID THAT OMELCO WAS SHOWING THE WAY AND HE BELIEVED THE OMELCO PROPOSALS WOULD BE STRONGLY SUPPORTED PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.
BY THE
CALL FOR HK PEOPLE TO PULL TOGETHER
NOW IS THE TIME FOR THE PEOPLE OF
HONG KONG TO PULL TOGETHER
RADICALS. LIBERALS, MODERATES AND CONSERVATIVES
TO REACH A CONSENSUS AND TO MAKE THE BASIC LAW A SUCCESS, THE HON JAMES TIEN SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (THURSDAY).
SPEAKING IN THE MOTION DEBATE ON THE DRAFT BASIC LAW, MR TIEN REGRETTED THE RESIGNATIONS OF CERTAIN PROMINENT HONG KONG DRAFTERS WHICH HE TOOK TO BE EMOTIONAL REACTIONS MADE ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT TO EVENTS IN BEIJING.
HE APPEALED TO ALL OTHER DRAFTERS ΤΟ HOLD DESERT THE SHIP OF STATE AT THIS ANXIOUS MOMENT IN BOTH CHINA AND HONG KONG.
FIRM AND NOT TO THE HISTORIES OF
/TURNING TO