TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1993
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BU'T ALL THAT SAID, NOTHING CAN EXCUSE THE CRIMES THAT WE HAVE SEEN
AS AND IT IS WHOLLY UNDERSTANDABLE THAT THE COMMUNITY SHOULD BE CONCERNED AS IT IS ABOUT THEM, WHEN INNOCENT CITIZENS ARE GUNNED-DOWN ACCIDENTALLY IN THE STREETS IN WHICH THEY ARE SHOPPING IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. THE POLICE WILL, I KNOW, CONTINUE TO GIVE THIS MATTER GREATEST PRIORITY.
THEY WILL CONTINUE TO SEEK THE IMPROVED OPERATION WHICH WE ARE STARTING, IN MY VIEW, TO SEE, WITH AUTHORITIES IN THE PRC AND I COMMEND THE AUTHORITIES IN THE PRC THE HELP WHICH THEY HAVE GIVEN US. I HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TAKE EFFECTIVE MEASURES TO DEAL WITH II'S, AND I AM PLEASED THAT CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY HAS BEEN TALKING VERY HELPFULLY TO US ABOUT WHAT ILLEGAL MORE CAN BE DONE, FOR EXAMPLE, TO DEAL WITH THE EMPLOYMENT OF IMMIGRANTS. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF AREAS THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
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I'M SURE, FINALLY, THAT THE POLICE WILL ALWAYS BE VERY CAREFUL THE ABOUT THE USE OF FIREARMS IN THE STREET, AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT
BUT POLICE WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN AN ARMS-RACE WITH CRIMINALS. THE OTHER HAND, I THINK THE COMMUNITY WOULD EXPECT THE POLICE TO IN AN APPROPRIATE WAY WITH VIOLENCE WHEN IT OCCURS, AND ALAS, TIME TO TIME THAT DOES INVOLVE THE USE OF FIREARMS.
MR JAMES TO:
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MR GOVERNOR, IF WE DO NOT HAVE DEMOCRACY WE WILL NOT HAVE A GOOD LIVELIHOOD FOR OUR PEOPLE, SO I WOULD STILL GO BACK TO DEMOCRATIC REFORMS. NOW, YOU HAVE BEEN TALKING RECENTLY TO A LOT OF POLITICAL GROUPS AND FROM THE MASS MEDIA WE HAVE COME ΤΟ IT UNDERSTAND CERTAIN THINGS; THEY HAVE QUOTED WHAT YOU HAVE SAID. SEEMS AS IF YOUR DETERMINATION IN CARRYING FORWARD YOUR POLITICAL PACKAGE SEEMS TO BE WEAKENING. ARE YOU INTENDING TO BACK-PADDLE
IN
THIS AREA?
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THE GOVERNOR :
WHAT I AM INTENDING TO DO OVER THE COMING WEEKS,
IS TO TAKE THE ADVICE OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL WHO WILL, I'M BY SURE, HAVE NOTED THEN THE VIEWS EXPRESSED OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT, AND THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. I AM INTENDING TO TAKE ADVICE OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND IN DUE COURSE PUT BEFORE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL PROPOSALS WHICH AGAIN, IN MY JUDGMENT, REPRESENT MATTERS. BEST POINT OF BALANCE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY ON ALL THESE THINK THAT WHAT ALL OF US WANT ΤΟ SEE ARR CLEAN AND FAIR
FOR THE ELECTIONS IN 1994/95.
OF I THINK WHAT ALL
1995 AS WANT TO SEE IS AS CREDIBLE A LEGISLATURE AFTER SHOULD ALSO POSSIBLE
THOSE TO WHICH THE EXECUTIVE CAN BE PROPERLY ACCOUNTABLE. REMAIN MY OBJECTIVES.
THE
ARRANGEMENTS
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US
THE
COMPENDIUM INCLUDING
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EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAS BEEN DISCUSSING THESE MATTERS, EXECUTIVE COUNC11. HAS AGREED TODAY ON THE PUBLICATION OF A
ALL THE VARIOUS PROPOSALS ON POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT,
COUNCIL NUMBER PUT BY INDIVIDUAL LEGISLATORS, SO THAT THE LEGISLATIVE
HAVE BEEN AND THE COMMUNITY CAN BE AWARE OF THE RANGE OF VIEWS THAT
THE EXPRESSED,
EXECUTIVE COUNCI1. HAS ALSO AGREED,
ON TODAY,
THE GAZETTING OF A BILL ON AN ELECTORAL BOUNDARY COMMISSION, WHICH IS COURSE
IN ESSENTIAL TO FAIR AND STRAIGHTFORWARD ELECTIONS, AND
J COURSE THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT.
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