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FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1993
FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1993
PRESIDENT
:QUESTIONS WILL BE ALLOCATED ON THE SAME BASIS AS NORMAL QUESTION TIME, NAMELY PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO
DURING EQUAL
THOSE MEMBERS WHO HAVE ASKED THE LEAST NUMBER OF QUESTIONS GOVERNOR'S QUESTION TIME UP TO THIS POINT. WHERE MEMBERS HAVE PRIORITY, SENIORITY WILL DECIDE. I WILL ASK FOR A SHOW OF HANDS BEFORE EACH QUESTION. AN EARLY SHOW OF HANDS WILL NOT ACHIEVE PRIORITY. THE MEMBER CONCERNED, MAY IF HE WISHES, ASK A SUPPLEMENTARY QUESTION FOR THE PURPOSE ONLY OF ELUCIDATION, BUT THE SUPPLEMENTARY SHOULD BE A SHORT, SINGLE QUESTION SO AS NOT TO CUT INTO THE TIME AVAILABLE, THE GOVERNOR HAS TO LEAVE NOT LATER THAN 4.00PM. SHOW OF
HANDS:
MR
NGAI SHIU-KIT (THROUGH INTERPRETER):
MR PRESIDENT, MR GOVERNOR. THE GOVERNOR HAS TOLD US THAT HE INTENDS TO GAZETTE THE PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS AND IF THIS DECISION, THIS IS WHAT YOU SAID, WOULD THAT MEAN THAT YOUR PROPOSALS WOULD BE THE BASIS FOR NEGOTIATION. IS THAT ACTUALLY BEING MADE A PRE-CONDITION? SQ YOU'RE SAYING THAT THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY PRE-CONDITION: 90 ARE YOU THEREFORE GOING AGAINST WHAT YOU HAVE SAID ACTUALLY?
GOVERNOR:
NO, I WANT TO ASSURE THE HONOURABLE MEMBER AS I'VE SAID ON A LARGE MANY OF PREVIOUS CONDITIONS, EVER SINCE LAST OCTOBER, WE HAVE NO PRE-CONDITIONS WHATSOEVER FOR TALKS. WE HAVEN'T HAD PRE- CONDITIONS, WE DON'T HAVE PRE-CONDITIONS TODAY, WE WON'T HAVE PRE- CONDITIONS IN THE FUTURE. IT IS NOT SINCE EARLY FEBRUARY BEEN THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT OR THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WHICH HAS BEEN RAISING ISSUES WHICH MIGHT BE CHARACTERISED AS PRE-CONDITIONS FOR TALKS.
MR HENRY TANG:
MR PRESIDENT, GOVERNOR, CONSIDERING THAT YOU ARE GAZETTING THE BILL THIS AFTERNOON, WOULD YOU EXPLAIN TO THIS COUNCIL WHY YOU HAVE TO GAZETTE THE ENTIRE BILL, CAN IT NOT BE DONE IN PHASES, BECAUSE THERE ARE CERTAIN ELEMENTS WHICH ARE NOT CONTENTIOUS WITH THE CHINESE AND CAN BE DONE EARLIER WHILE CERTAIN OTHER PHASES CAN BE DONÉ LATER, SUCH AS THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS ARE DIFFERENT FROM THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS HAPPENS IN '94 AND THE OTHER '95. COULD YOU EXPLAIN TO THIS COUNCIL PLEASE?
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/GOVERNOR