MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1990
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ANNOUNCEMENT ON 1991 ELECTIONS PACKAGE IN A FEW WEEKS
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AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE PACKAGE FOR THE 1991 ELECTIONS WOULD MADE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, ALTHOUGH A PRECISE DATE COULD NOT BE GIVEN AT THE MOMENT, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
DISTRICT, SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER VISITING TSUEN WAN DAVID SAID THE GOVERNMENT WANTED TO GET THE ARRANGEMENTS ANNOUNCED THAT PEOPLE TAKING PART IN ELECTIONS IN 1991 WOULD HAVE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IN THEIR PREPARATION.
COMMENT ON THE
SIR
SO
TIME
PANEL'S "WE
то ASKED
OMELCO CONSTITUTIONAL SUGGESTION ON THE DIVISION OF CONSTITUENCIES, THE GOVERNOR SAID: ARE NOW LOOKING AT DIFFERENT OPTIONS OF HOW TO DEAL WITH THE QUESTIONS OF CONSTITUENCIES IN 1991."
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"THERE ARE A WHOLE SERIES OF DIFFERENT POSSIBLE OPTIONS, AND WE ARE TRYING TO SELECT THE ONE WHICH IS MOST APPROPRIATE FOR HONG BOTH NOW AND LOOKING INTO DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FUTURE.
"BECAUSE WE HAVE TO CONSIDER ALSO THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A SYSTEM WHICH ALLOWS BOTH FOR 18 SEATS IN 1991, THEN DEVELOPING TO 20 IN 1995, DEVELOPING TO 24 IN 1999," SIR DAVID SAID.
"90
WHICHEVER
..
WE CHOOSE MUST MODEL DEVELOPED WITHOUT TOO MUCH DISRUPTION.
1991
BE ONE
WHICH
CAN BE
"WE ARE DOING BOTH THAT AND LOOKING AT THE OTHER ASPECTS OF THE BE. ELECTIONS; THAT IS, HOW MANY APPOINTED MEMBERS SHOULD THERE HOW MANY FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY SEATS: SHOULD WE INCREASE IT. IF BY HOW MANY. AND WHAT WE DO ABOUT THE LEGCO, THE GOVERNOR SAID.
QUESTION
80.
OF OFFICIALS
IN
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL,
ON THE QUESTION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT BY 1997 THERE WOULD BE AN ELECTED PRESIDENT WHICH REALLY MEANT THAT THIS SHOULD BE BROUGHT IN BY 1995.
THERE
AN
"SO THE ISSUE WE FACE IS WHAT SORT OF TRANSITION SHOULD BE NOW, WHEN THE GOVERNOR IS PRESIDENT, TO 1995 WHEN WE WILL HAVE ELECTED PRESIDENT," HE SAID.
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THINK WE NEED TO WORK OUT ARRANGEMENT," HE ADDED.
SOME
OF SORT
TRANSITIONAL
WHEN
COMMENT ASKED TO
MANDATORY REPATRIATION VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE, SIR DAVID SAID DISCUSSIONS WERE GOING HANOI BETWEEN THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR AND THE VIETNAMESE FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
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