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SIMON MACKLIN, SCMP: CAN I FOLLOW UP ON THAT, MINISTER? ISN'T IT A BIT FOOLISH TO START TALKING ABOUT SUCCESS WHEN YOU'RE NOT REALLY SURE WHAT THE SUCCESS WOULD BE?
LORD CAITHNESS: NO, I AM BEING HOPEFUL FOR THE FUTURE. I THINK IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT TIME FOR HONG KONG. I HOPE THAT THERE WILL BE A STRONG AND ACTIVE CAMPAIGN IN WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL PARTICIPATE.
SIMON MACKLIN: I'M SURE MOST PEOPLE ARE HOPEFUL FOR THE FUTURE BUT YOU DON'T SEEM TO HAVE A VERY CLEAR IDEA OF WHAT MIGHT BE GOOD IN THE FUTURE AND WHAT MIGHT NOT BE.
LORD CAITHNESS: I HAVE GOT STRONG VIEWS OF THAT. WHAT I HAVEN'T SAID IS THAT I HAVE GOT A CLEAR DEFINITION YET OF WHAT SUCCESS MEANS.
SIMON MACKLIN: COULD YOU PERHAPS SHARE WITH US THEN WHAT WOULDN'T BE SUCCESSFUL?
CHRIS OSBORNE: I THINK WE'VE SQUEEZED THAT ONE DRY.
ANGUS FOSTER, FINANCIAL TIMES: I'M SORRY, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE SQUEEZED IT DRY. BUILT IN TO YOUR UNDEFINED MENTION OF SUCCESS, IS THAT GOING TO BE BASED ON WHO IS ELECTED?
LORD CAITHNESS: NO, THAT IS FOR THE ELECTORATE OF HONG KONG. THAT IS NOT A DEFINITION
ANGUS FOSTER: WHEN YOU GO UP TO CHINA BEGGING FOR MORE WILL THAT SUCCESS DEPEND ON WHO IS ELECTED?
SEATS,
LORD CAITHNESS: WHAT I WANT, AS I'VE SAID, IS AS MANY PEOPLE ON THE REGISTER AS POSSIBLE, AS MANY PEOPLE TO VOTE, A GOOD STRONG ACTIVE CAMPAIGN, AND THEN SEE WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT.
ANGUS FOSTER: BUT THE SUCCESS OF AN ELECTION IS ON ITS
RESULT,
MINISTER.
SUCCESS
AND
LORD CAITHNESS: WHAT I SAID IS, YOU CANNOT COMPARE THE OF 1991 ON THE UK MODEL, BECAUSE THERE, YOU KNOW THE NEXT DAY: OUR ELECTIONS HAVE EVOLVED OVER MANY CENTURIES. THIS IS THE FIRST TTME THERE IS GOING TO BE DIRECT ELECTIONS IN HONG KONG AND IT IS AN IMPORTANT TIME.
YUE SIN-YUI, HONG KONG STANDARD: I WANT ΤΟ KNOW WHAT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAS DONE TO ASK OTHER COUNTRIES, I MEAN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, TO FOLLOW SUIT, TO GIVE A SIMILAR SCHEME AS THE NATIONALITY PACKAGE TO HONG KONG PEOPLE?
/LORD CAITHNESS: