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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1991
GOVERNOR PLEASED ON LUO'S RELEASE
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY) HR WAS PLEASED THAT MR LUO HAIXING, ONE OF FOUR HONG KONG PEOPLE. WHO HAD BEEN DETAINED IN CHINA, HAD BEEN RELEASED ON BAIL FOR MEDICAL
TREATMENT.
SIR
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER A MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, DAVID SAID HE WAS PARTICULARLY PLEASED THAT MR. LUO HAD COME BACK TO HONG KONG TODAY 30 THAT HE COULD BE WITH HIS FAMILY AND
AND WHATEVER TREATMENT HE DID NEED COULD BE CARRIED OUT IN HONG KONG.
"THAT'S VERY WELCOME NEWS TO ALL of us," SIR DAVID SAID.
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THE GOVERNOR POINTED OUT THAT THE QUESTION OF THE FOUR HONG KONG DETAINEES WHO WERE IN CHINA WAS RAISED BY THE PRIME MINISTER, MR JOHN MAJOR, DURING HIS RECENT VISIT TO PEKING.
WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE THREE HONG KONG PEOPLE STILL IN CHINA, DAVID SAID: "WE'VE BEEN KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES ALL ALONG ON PEOPLE FROM HONG KONG WHO ARE IN JAIL IN CHINA, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT."
TURNING TO THE FORTHCOMING LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (LEGCO) ELECTIONS, THE GOVERNOR SAID: "I'D VERY MUCH LIKE TO ENCOURAGE TO GO OUT AND VOTE.
PEOPLE
"THE MAIN POINT AT THE MOMENT IS TO CARRY OUT THESE ELECTIONS WHICH ARE COMING UP OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THAT'S THE IMPORTANT THING; TAKE THAT STAGE BY STAGE. WE WANT AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO GO OUT AND VOTE IN THOSE ELECTIONS. IT'S GOOD TO
TO SEE
SEE THAT THE ESTIMATES ARE THAT THE TURNOUT IS GOING TO BE HIGH, HE SAID.
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WHEN ASKED TO COMMENT ON THE NUMBER OF DIRECTLY ELECTED SRÅTS IN THE LEGCO, SIR DAVID SAID: "WHAT THE PRIME MINISTER SAID AT
AT HIS PRESS CONFERENCE IS QUITE CLEAR AND WHAT THE FOREIGN SECRETARY HAD SÁID LAST YEAR WHEN WE MADE THE DECISION то GO FOR
FOR 18 DIRECTLY ELECTED SEATS THIS YEAR, AND THEN 20 IN 1995, WAS ALSO QUITE CLEAR.
"BUT LET'S TAKE IT ONE STAGE AT A TIME AND THE FIRST THING IS ΤΟ GET THESE ELECTIONS, OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, GET THOSE AS A REAL SUCCESS WITH AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TAKING PART,
HE SAID.
"WE'RE MAKING A VERY MAJOR STEP FORWARD IN THE PRocks of REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT; IT REALLY IS A MAJOR STEP FOR US TO GO INTO THESE DIRECT ELECTIONS.
"WE WILL NOW HAVE À LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WITH A MAJORITY OF ELECTED MEMBERS; THAT'S GOING TO BE A VERY SIGNIFICANT STEP FORWARD AND IT'S GOING TO IMPROVE THAT SYSTEM OF CONSULTATION WHICH WE'VE BEEN RUNNING FOR A LONG TIME, SIR DAVID SAID.
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/WHEN ASKED