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TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1900
"THE
STEP NEXT
WAS INDIRECT
ELECTIONS
TO
THE
THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. THE PROCESS WAS ALREADY WELL UNDERWAY WHEN THE DEBATE ON BASIC LAW BEGAN, HE ADDED.
"I
PEOPLE
SIR DAVID NOTED THAT THIS DEBATE HAD PRODUCED MANY NEW
THE PROCESS OF WILLING TO STEP FORWARD AND PLAY AN ACTIVE PART IN MOULDING HONG KONG.
"THEY GRAPPLED WITH A UNIQUE POLITICAL PROBLEM AND HAVE REAL DETERMINATION AND RESOURCEFULNESS IN THE PROCESS," HE SAID.
"WE NEED TO BUILD ON THIS," SAID SIR DAVID, ADDING THAT 1997 HONG KONG WOULD BE RUN BY HONG KONG PEOPLE.
BHOWN
AFTER
"THAT BASIC LAW.
IS A KEY ELEMENT OF BOTH THE JOINT DECLARATION
AND THE
ARE
"THE TASK IS NOT A SMALL ONE. BUT AGAIN THE OPPORTUNITIES
WILLING TO COMMIT GREAT. FOR IT WE NEED PEOPLE OF STATURE WHO ARE THE GOVERNOR SAID. THEMSELVES TO PUBLIC SERVICE,
COUNCIL
WOULD HAVE ELECTION IN
THE GOVERNOR POINTED OUT THAT IN 1991, THE LEGISLATIVE WOULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT MAJORITY OF ELECTED MEMBERS WHO GAINED THEIR SEATS THROUGH THEIR OWN EFFORTS TO SECURE EITHER DISTRICT OR FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES.
AND
"THIS WILL REQUIRE MANY MEN AND WOMEN PREPARED TO STAND UP MUCH HARDER BE COUNTED' TO TAKE PART IN ELECTIONS; TO WIN AND
OTHER PREPARED TO LOSE; TO SHOW LEADERSHIP; TO SACRIFICE TIME AND
AND DILIGENT COMMITMENTS IN ORDER TO GIVE HONG KONG THE RESPONSIBLE SIR DAVID SAID. LAW-MAKERS THAT IT NEEDS AND DESERVES,
BEST "HONG KONG IS NOW A WORLD CLASS METROPOLIS. IT NEEDS ITS
IS WIDE AND BRIGHTEST TO PLAY A FULL PART IN GOVERNMENT. THE FIELD OPEN.
UP A BODY OF FUTURE THE
"WE HAVE THE TALENT TO ENSURE THAT WE BUILD
GUIDING LEADERS EXPERIENCED AND COMMITTED POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
AND OUT LEGISLATIVE AND
LOCAL
LEADERSHIP
"NOW IS THE TIME FOR THAT TALENT TO COME OUT INTO THE OPEN PLAY ITS PROPER ROLE IN OUR SOCIETY," THE GOVERNOR SAID, POINTING
TO FOCUS ON THE TENDED THAT
ATTENTION ALTHOUGH
A
FOR NEED TOO WAS EXECUTIVE BLSEWHERE.
COUNCILS,
THERE
GOVERNMENT
PROPERLY QUALIFIED AS A RESULT MANY RECRUITED AND ADVANCED
SIR DAVID NOTED THAT WITHIN THE CIVIL SERVICE, THE HAD FOR SOME YEARS FOLLOWED A POLICY OF GIVING
PRIORITY FOR APPOINTMENT, AND AS LOCAL APPLICANTS HUNDREDS OF TALENTED LOCAL PEOPLE HAD BEEN THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
"HALF OF OUR POLICY SECRETARIES ARE LOCAL OFFICERS. SO ARE MOST
OF THE HEADS OF OUR GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS,
M
HE SAID.
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