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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1990
IMPROVEMENT TO POLITICAL STRUCTURE SOUGHT: GOVERNOR
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT WHAT BEEN DISCUSSED BETWEEN BRITAIN AND CHINA IS TO TRY TO ACHIEVE AN IMPROVEMENT TO HONG KONG'S POLITICAL STRUCTURE.
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER VISITING KWUN TONG DISTRICT, SIR DAVID SAID: "NOW IT MAY NOT GET AS FAR AS WE WOULD IDEALLY LIKE AT THIS STAGE, IN WHICH CASE, I HOPE THERE WILL BE EFFORTS TO REACH FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS LATER ON."
"IF THERE IS AN OUTCOME FROM THE DRAFTING PROCESS WHICH IS NOT AS MUCH AS WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE FOR 1997, THEN I BELIEVE WE WOULD WISH TO GO ON DISCUSSING WHETHER THERE COULD BE FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS ON THE BASIS OF THE EXPERIENCE THAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED OF THE SYSTEM AS IT DEVELOPS IN HONG KONG," HE SAID.
THE GOVERNOR POINTED OUT THAT HONG KONG WOULD BE MAKING A BIG CHANGE IN 1991 IN THAT IT WOULD PROVIDE EXPERIENCE OF A NEW ELEMENT IN HONG KONG'S POLITICAL SYSTEM. IN OTHER WORDS, DIRECTLY ELECTED MEMBERS.
"THAT WILL PROVIDE EXPERIENCE OF HOW WELL IT WORKS. ON THE BASIS OF THAT, THEN I THINK THERE IS A GOOD REASON FOR CONTINUING TO DISCUSS WHETHER THERE WOULD BE FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS, HE ADDED.
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THE GOVERNOR DESCRIBED AS "ABSOLUTE NONSENSE" SUGGESTIONS THE REPORTED AGREEMENT BETWEEN BRITAIN AND CHINA ON HONG KONG'S POLITICAL SYSTEM WAS A "SELL-OUT" OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.
SIR DAVID SAID THE OBJECTIVE OF THE DISCUSSIONS WAS ΤΟ SEEK IMPROVEMENTS TO WHAT HAD BEEN DISCUSSED BY THE BASIC LAW DRAFTERS IN GUANGZHOU,
"FROM WHAT I HAVE HEARD TODAY ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE DRAFTING IN PEKING, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THINGS ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, HE SAID.
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THE GOVERNOR DISAGREED WITH A SUGGESTION THAT THERE WOULD BE A POLITICAL STAGNATION BETWEEN 1991 AND 1997. "WE IN 1991 WILL BRING IN GREAT CHANGE TO THE SYSTEM AND WE WILL BRING IN A MUCH FASTER RATE OF DEVELOPMENT THAN WE WERE ORIGINALLY PLANNING IN 1988. I MEAN THAT IS FOR CERTAIN, HE SAID.
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"WE OUGHT TO BE DEVELOPING OTHER ASPECTS OF THE SYSTEM WHICH WILL THEN BE ABLE TO GO ON AFTER 1997, AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT THAT WE SHOULD BRING IN AT AN EARLY STAGE A GRAND ELECTORAL COLLEGE, IF THAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO COME IN, IN 1997, SIR DAVID SAID.
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