MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 1989
CLEARER
"THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN CALLS FOR A WORK PROCEDURES OF THE BASIC LAW COMMITTEE.
"AGAIN, AN AREA WHICH NEEDS MORE THOUGHT,
中申
DEFINITION
OF
THE
HE SAID.
MR WIGGHAM ON HONG KONG'S FUTURE POLITICAL SYSTEM,
ONLY JOINT DECLARATION
PROVIDED A BROAD
FOR DIRECTION DEVELOPMENT IN THE SAR, AND THERE WAS THUS PLENTY OF ROOM ON THE DETAIL.
SAID THE POLITICAL
FOR DEBATE
THAT
BE WOULD
"FURTHERMORE, AS HONG KONG DEVELOPS, IT IS ONLY NATURAL
SHOULD PROSPEROUS POPULATION OUR INCREASINGLY WELL-EDUCATED AND
THEY HOW MORE FORTHCOMING IN EXPRESSING A VARIETY OF VIEWS ON WISH TO BE GOVERNED IN THE RUN-UP TO 1997 AND BEYOND.
AND,
"
UNDER OUR HE SAID.
"EVERYONE IS ENTITLED TO HIS OR HER OWN VIEW; SYSTEM, EVERYONE IS ENTITLED TO EXPRESS THAT VIEW FREELY,
HOWEVER, HE SAID, IN THE TIME AVAILABLE, WE DEBATING AND ARGUING.
COULD NOT GO
L
ON
BE TAKEN; IN THE REACHED
AS ESTABLISH
"THE TIME WILL COME WHEN REAL DECISION WILL HAVE TO
MAY AND IN THAT PROCESS COMPROMISES
HAVE TO BE IN ORDER INTEREST OF THE MAJORITY VIEW, AND
TO COMMON GROUND AS POSSIBLE, HE SAID.
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MUCH
HE NOTED THAT THE EXACT POSITION OF THAT COMMON GROUND SEEMED HAD SEEN A LEAD TAKEN BY TO HAVE SHIFTED IN RECENT WEEKS; AND WE OMELCO, IN THE NEW SITUATION, TO TRY AND IDENTIFY A CONSENSUS COMMUNITY.
IN THE
SUPPORT
A
CAN "OBVIOUSLY, THE MORE CLEARLY WE AS A COMMUNITY CONSENSUS VIEW, THE GREATER THE IMPACT MUST BE ON THE DRAFTING OF THE BASIC LAW.
OF "AND, OF COURSE, NOT ONLY ON THE DRAFTING
THE BASIC LAW, SINCE BUT ALSO ON THE PACE OF POLITICAL REFORMS BETWEEN NOW AND 1997, POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT BEFORE AND AFTER 1997 CANNOT BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.
"WHAT IS NEEDED IS A FIRMLY EVOLVING SYSTEM WHICH WILL SEE HONG KONG SMOOTHLY ON THE WAY TOWARDS THE FULL DEMOCRACY PROMISED ALREADY IN THE CURRENT DRAFT OF THE BASIC LAW, HE STRESSED.
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NOTED
HE AS FAR AS THE FUTURE POLITICAL SYSTEM WAS CONCERNED, THAT PUBLIC DISCUSSION SO FAR HAD FOCUSSED MAINLY ON THE COMPOSITION OF THE CHIEF OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, AND THE METHOD OF ELECTION EXECUTIVE.
"THESE ARE CLEARLY IMPORTANT ISSUES.
IN
"I
"NO LESS IMPORTANT ARE THE ARRANGEMENTS WHICH WOULD NEED TO PLACE IN ORDER ΤΟ ENSURE
FUNCTIONING GOVERNMENT AS A WHOLE, HE SAID.
BE
THE EFFICIENT
OF
THE
/HE POINTED