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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1989
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HE HOPED THAT THE
BRITISH GOVERNMENT, INSTEAD OF FIDGETING OVER FIGURES AND NUMBERS. WOULD FULFIL ITS RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.
TURNING TO CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS, PARTICULARLY THOSE FOR 1991, MR LEE SAID THERE WAS A CLEAR CONSENSUS AMONG OMELCO MEMBERS THAT THE PROPOSAL THEY HAD PUT FORWARD SUGGESTED A PACE OF DEMOCRATISATION IN HONG KONG MOST SUITABLE FOR REALISING "HONG KONG PEOPLE RULING HONG KONG WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF AUTONOMY” AS PROMISED BY THE CHINESE LEADERS.
THE OMELCO PROPOSAL WAS CLEARLY SUPPORTED BY MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT BOARDS. HE SAID.
1991.
"IT IS NOW UP TO THE GOVERNMENT TO IMPLEMENT THIS PROPOSAL IN
MR LEE BELIEVED THERE WAS A NEED FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO REVIEW THE ROLE OF DISTRICT BOARDS NOW BECAUSE THEY WERE WELL ESTABLISHED AND THEIR INFLUENCE HAD CHANGED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
IN HIS OPINION, THE BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD BE GIVEN THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ASSUMING THE LEADERSHIP OF THEIR DISTRICTS.
"THIS IS THE PURPOSE OF BEING ELECTED AND BEING ACCOUNTABLE ΤΟ THE PEOPLE," HE SAID.
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COMMENTING ON THE INFLUX OF VIETNAMESE PEOPLE WHICH DESCRIBED AS THE "NUMBER ONE CONCERN OF OUR COMMUNITY" MR BELIEVED THAT IT WAS THE WISH OF MOST MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL то THE EARLY REPATRIATION TO VIETNAM OF THOSE SCREENED OUT AS
NON-REFUGEES.
"WE MUST ACT IN THE INTEREST OF OUR COMMUNITY, MUST START AND START SOON." HE SAID.
REPATRIATION
HE FELT THAT THE CONFERENCES IN GENEVA HAD NOT BEEN EFFECTIVE IN TACKLING THE PROBLEMS AS NO AGREEMENT HAD YET BEEN REACHED ON REPATRIATION.
MEANWHILE, MR LEE SAID,
THE SITUATION WAS
FRUSTRATING THE
LOCAL COMMUNITY. MANY PEOPLE HAD QUESTIONED THE ABILITY OF THE ADMINISTRATION IN HANDLING THE PROBLEM.
AN EARLY RESOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM WAS ESSENTIAL, HE ADDED.
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