MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 1989
THE
PUBLIC URGED TO GIVE VIEWS NOW ON BASIC LAW
SECRETARY,
GENERAL DUTIES, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM, (MONDAY) URGED HONG KONG PEOPLE TO ACT NOW TO PUT FORWARD THEIR ON THE DRAFT BASIC LAW.
TODAY
VIEWS
"THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A TIME WHEN YOUR VIEWS ON THIS IMPORTANT SUBJECT MATTER MORE," HE SAID,
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IN A SPEECH ENTITLED "PICKING UP THE PIECES" TO A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF TSIM SHA TSUI EAST, MR WIGGHAM NOTED THE TO PRESENT INDICATIONS WERE THAT THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES WOULD PREFER
ORIGINAL TIMETABLE FOR PROMULGATING THE STICK TO THE
BASIC LAW IN
SPRING NEXT YEAR.
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"I
HOPE, HOWEVER, THAT IF IN THE EVENT IT IS CLEAR THAT TIME IS NEEDED TO PRODUCE THE DEFINITIVE VERSION, THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES WILL EXTEND WHAT IS AFTER ALL A SELF-IMPOSED TIMETABLE, MR WIGGHAM SAID.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE BASIC LAW WAS NOT TO TAKE EFFECT ANOTHER EIGHT YEARS AND IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT IT CAME OUT RIGHT.
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FOR
CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
'WE MUST HAVE THE BEST POSSIBLE FOR THE SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION, HE SAID.
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IN THE CASE OF THOSE ARTICLES WHERE THERE WERE STILL DISSENTING MR WIGCHAM SAID THEY SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO THE DRAFTERS
VIEWS, ATTENTION.
"WHERE
PERSONAL
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REMAIN DIVIDED, VIEWS
WE SHOULD TRY AND PREFERENCES AND ESTABLISH THE MAXIMUM GROUND, HE SAID.
PUT AMOUNT OF
ASIDE COMMON
"WE MUST ALL EVENTUALLY ENSHRINED READILY
DO WHAT WE CAN TO ENSURE THAT WHAT IN THE BASIC LAW IS SOMETHING
WE THAT SUPPORT, AND IN WHICH WE CAN HAVE THE GREATEST CONFIDENCE.
IS
CAN
"IN THIS RESPECT, THE FUTURE IS IN OUR OWN HANDS."
MR WIGGHAM SAID HE HOPED TO CONTRIBUTE TO QUESTIONS ON THE DRAFT BASIC LAW BY POSING
THE AREAS RELATING TO THE BASIC
THE CURRENT AND POINTING LAW WHICH NEEDED
DISCUSSION TOWARDS SOME OF FURTHER EXAMINATION.
**THE FOCUS IS PRESENCE IN
FIRST ISSUE ON WHICH I WOULD EXPECT HONG KONG THE NATURE AND SCALE OF THE
LIBERATION PEOPLE'S HONG KONG AFTER 1997, HE SAID.
PEOPLE TO ARMY
WIGGHAM SAID
GREAT ANXIETY EVENTS HAD
NOTING THAT THIS HAD ALWAYS BEEN A SUBJECT OF AMONG THE
MR POPULATION,
RECENT UNDERSTANDABLY INTENSIFIED PUBLIC FEELINGS STILL FURTHER.
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