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THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1989
PUBLIC
THE OMISSION WAS THE LIMITATION OF EXPANSION OF THE SECTOR TO PREVENT IT FROM OVERSHADOWING THE PRIVATE SECTOR, HE SAID.
"IT WAS FAR FROM MY INTENTION THAT THESE DESIRABLE WOULD BE SPELT OUT IN THE DRAFT SO THEY BECOME JUSTICIABLE.
POLICIES
WANT TO
"IT NEVER OCCURRED TO ME THAT THE DRAFTERS WOULD EMBODY ESOTERIC CONCEPTS SUCH AS BALANCED BUDGETS AND LOW TAX POLICIES INTO A LAW UPON WHICH AGGRIEVED OR MISCHIEVOUS PARTIES CAN LITIGATE, HE SAID.
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MR WONG SAID THAT THEY NOW HAD THE TASK OF PUTTING THE POLICIES INTO THE LAW WITHOUT TURNING IT INTO A STRAIGHT-JACKET WHICH WOULD THROTTLE THE GOVERNING ABILITY OF ANY FUTURE ADMINISTRATION.
ON CONSULTATION, HE SAID THAT IT HAD BEEN A FRUSTRATING TASK, AS THE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE'S REMIT HAD NEVER BEEN CLEAR AND FOR SOME TIME THEY WERE NEITHER CONSULTED NOR WERE THEIR VIEWS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.
FURTHERMORE, DRAFTING MEMBERS HAD FAILED TO DO THEIR HOMEWORK THOROUGHLY AND THE ACCOUNTANCY FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENTS WERE GENERALLY UNINTERESTED AND DID NOT SPEAK UP.
HOWEVER, BROUGHT ABOUT SOMB
THE RECENT EVENTS IN CHINA HAD, VERY INTERESTING DEVELOPMENTS SO FAR AS THE SILENT MAJORITY WAS CONCERNED, MR WONG SAID.
HE ADDED THAT HE CONDUCTED AN OPINION SURVEY OF THE HONG KONG SOCIETY OF ACCOUNTANTS MEMBERSHIP AND THE RESPONDENTS IN THE SURVEY SHOWED POSITIVE ATTITUDES TO GET ON WITH THE JOB OF THRASHING OUT THE BASIC LAW.
IN VIEW OF THIS, MR WONG CALLED ON THE HONG KONG DRAFTERS TO BE MORE DILIGENT IN LISTENING TO THE VOICE OF HONG KONG MANIFESTED THROUGH THE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY HAD HEARD AND UNDERSTOOD THE VIEWS AND THE REASONS BEHIND THEM.
"THE DRAFTERS MUST CLEARLY EXPLAIN HOW THE HOPES AND FEARS OF HONG KONG PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED IN THE BASIC LAW FOR IT ΤΟ BE GENERALLY ACCEPTED,
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HE SAID.
FINALLY, HE STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF ADOPTING A CONSULTATIVE AND POSITIVE MANNER.
REMAIN A HIGHLY CAN CONTINUE TN OUR YEARS AFTER 1997,"
"I HAVE NO REASON TO DOUBT THAT WE WILL DESIRABLE FACTOR IN CHINA'S ECONOMY SO THAT WE DISTINCT SYSTEM AND LIFESTYLE EVEN BEYOND THE 50 HE SAID.
"THE BASIC LAW WILL GIVE THAT ECONOMIC STATUS ITS LEGAL STANDING, WE MUST NOT GIVE UP THAT STRUGGLE NOW," HE ADDED.
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