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TURNING TO THE FAC REPORT. ME WONG SAID HE WELCOMED THE REPORT, BUT NOT WITHOUT MISGIVINGS.
RIGHTS TO THE DEN LAL
HE SAID THE REPORT PRESENTER A PACKAGE IN WHICH FAITHFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION. BLTTER HUMAN SAFEGUARDS. SPIEDIER POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT AND A SOLUTION VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE 159UE WERE OFTENED AS TRADE-OFF FOR THE OF THE RIGHIT OF ABODE IN BRITAIN FOR HONG KONG FEOPLE.
"WHAT IS THE USE OF TALKING ABOUT FAITHFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION WHEN THE ISSUE IS: IT IS DOUBTFUL THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION WILL BE FAITHFUL." HE QUESTIONED.
HE SAID IT WAS ALSO OF NO USE ΤΟ SIMPLY BUILD EXTRA IN FORTIFICATIONS LEGAL, SOCIAL. CULTURAL. MILITARY, POLITICAL ADDITION TO POLITICAL ONES. IN THE BELIEF THAT HONG KONG COULD BE SHIELDED FROM INTERFERENCE FROM BEIJING.
"HONG KONG IS NOW A CAPTIVE CITY WITH A CAPTIVE POPULATION, SURROUNDED BY FORTIFICATIONS WHICH CANNOT KEEP THE TANKS OUT BUT WHICH IRONICALLY LOCK THE PEOPLE LIKE PRISONERS IN A GOAL.' HE SAID.
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ON A SUGGESTION THAT THE JOINT DECLARATION BE RE-NEGOTIATED SO AS TO KEEP CHINESE TROOPS OUT OF HONG KONG. MR WONG SAID HIS INTERPRETATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION WAS THAT CHINA HAD THE RIGHT IT WAS TO STATION TROOPS IN HONG KONG, BUT IT DID NOT HAVE TO DO IT. NOT AN OBLIGATION.
"1 THEREFORE SUGGEST THAT WE WORK OUT AN ARTICLE IN THE BASIC LAW TO THE EFFECT THAT THE PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY WILL NOT BE STATIONED IN HONG KONG AND MAY ENTER HONG KONG ONLY IN TIMES OF WAR." HE SAID.
RECOMMENDATION ON ELECTION IRRESPONSIBLE
THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTER'S SUGGESTION THAT HALF OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD BE DIRECTLY ELECTED IN 1991 IS IRRESPONSIBLE, THE HON NELLIE FONG SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE
TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
COUNCIL
CITING THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS AND DISTRICT BOARDS AS EXAMPLES, MRS FONG SAID OF ALL SUCCESSFULLY DIRECTLY ELECTED SEATS, 50 то 80 PER CENT HAD COME FROM THREE BACKGROUNDS, NAMELY SOCIAL WORKERS, ACADEMICS AND LAWYERS.
"THIS IN NO WAY CAN BE
SAID ΤΟ BE A REPRESENTATIVE
CROSS
INDUSTRIAL/FINANCIAL
SECTION OF THE PUBLIC INTEREST OF THIS DYNAMIC ECONOMY.
"IT IS