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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1991
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"OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS A GREAT DEAL HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT THE FOR A MORE PARTICIPATORY FORM OF GOVERNMENT AND THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAS TRIED TO EVOLVE THE SYSTEM TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THOSE VIEWS.
"NOW IS THE TIME TO SEE THAT WORKING IN PRACTICE AND IT NEEDS A GREAT DEAL MORE THAN TALK. IT NEEDS PEOPLE WHO ARE PREPARED TO TAKE PART IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS; IT NEEDS PEOPLE WHO ARE PREPARED TO TAKE THE TIME, THE TROUBLE AND GO THROUGH ALL THE DIFFICULTIES OF STANDING FOR ELECTION, OR SUPPORTING THOSE WHO DO STAND FOR ELECTION, HE SAID.
SIR DAVID NOTED THAT PARTICIPATION ALSO REQUIRED PEOPLE ΤΟ REGISTER TO VOTE AND THEN ACTUALLY TO TURN OUT TO VOTE.
"ALL OF THAT NEEDS EFFORT; ALL OF THAT NEEDS COMMITMENT. WE'VE HAD OVER MANY YEARS IN HONG KONG OUR OWN PARTICULAR POLITICAL SYSTEM; WE'VE HAD VERY MANY PEOPLE; HUNDREDS, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE SERVED IN THAT POLITICAL SYSTEM IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS, ADVISORY CAPACITIES; APPOINTED MEMBERS OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, HE
SAID.
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"WE ARE NOW MOVING TO ANOTHER STAGE IN WHICH PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING ΤΟ SERVE HONG KONG WILL HAVE TO DO SO IN A MORE DIRECT WAY;. TAKING PART IN ELECTIONS; DOING THINGS WHICH PERHAPS BY CUSTOM AND TRADITION THEY HAVEN'T BEEN USED TO DOING; TAKING PART IN PUBLIC ARGUMENTS ON THE HUSTINGS, THAT IS SOMETIMES UNCOMFORTABLE FOR PEOPLE FROM A TRADITIONAL BACKGROUND WHO HAVE SERVED HONG KONG WELL NOW.
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"BUT THAT IS WHAT IS NEEDED NOW FOR THE SAKE OF BUILDING UP THE LEADERSHIP OF HONG KONG'S FUTURE. SO I HOPE AS A FINAL POINT TO MAKE THAT IN THIS YEAR, 1991 WHICH IS OF ENORMOUS IMPORTANCE IN EVOLVING OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM, THAT WE WILL HAVE MORE PEOPLE; AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE; WILLING, ACTIVELY TO TAKE PART IN THAT POLITICAL SIR DAVID SAID.
PROCESS,"
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