FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1993
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THAT
RATHER
GOVERNOR: WE'VE MADE IT CLEAR IN CONTACTS OVER RECENT WEEKS THAT THERE LEGISLATION. IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GAZETTAL AND THE INTRODUCTION OF I THINK I'VE MADE 1T CRYSTAL CLEAR AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND SAID WE STILL HOPE THAT THE PROBLEMS WHICH ALAS HAVE BECOME LARGER
BE RESOLVED, WE THAN SMALLER IN THE LAST DAY OR TWO, IF THOSE CAN
I THAT'S WHY I MADE THE REMARKS STILL HOPE THAT THERE CAN BE TALKS.
OTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN DID EARLIER ABOUT HAVING TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF
IT'S THE LEGISLATION. INTRODUCE REACHING A
ON WHEN TO DECISION
FRIDAY OBVIOUSLY BEEN A DISAPPOINTMENT THAT FRIDAY AFTER FRIDAY AFTER
STILL HAVEN'T MADE THE AFTER FRIDAY
DEFERRED GAZETTAL BUT WE'VE
THAT WE PROGRESS WHICH WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MADE, DESPITE THE FACT HAVE HAD NO PRE-CONDITIONS FOR TALKS.
THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT.
MR WONG WAI-YIN (THROUGH INTERPRETER): MR GOVERNOR, IF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT AND THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT CAN, AGAIN ON POINTS OF DIFFERENCES THAT YOU HAVE MENTIONED, START TO TALK
THE AND YET THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IS ASKING YOU TO DELAY INTRODUCING
OF SCRUTINY BY TO LEGCO AND ALSO DURING THE PERIOD LEGISLATION
LEGISLATION, LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, THEY MIGHT ASK YOU TO WITHDRAW THE
COUNCIL IF YOU WILL NOT DEFER INTRODUCTION INTO HOW WOULD YOU REACT?
THE FACTORS OR WITHDRAW THE LEGISLATION FROM THE COUNCIL, WHAT ARE THAT MIGHT AFFECT SUCH THINGS AND MAKE IT HAPPEN?
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GENTLEMAN
BE, BUT GOVERNOR:
I MAY BE BEING LESS INTELLIGENT THAN I SHOULD
MEMBER'S QUESTION, I'M NOT SURE THAT 1 WHOLLY FOLLOW THE HONOURABLE THERE WAS A PILE OF HYPOTHOSES BUT I WASN'T SURE WHAT HE WANTED ME
IF THE HONOURABLE SAY WHEN HE WAS STANDING ON TOP OF THEM. AND I HOPE THAT I'M SERIOUSLY AND SINCERELY ANSWERING WHAT I THINK MAY
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'ARE THERE BE HIS
IF THE HONOURABLE GENTLEMAN POINT
WOULD AMEND LEGISLATIVE IN WHICH THE ADMINISTRATION CIRCUMSTANCES
BEFORE THE LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS ON THE '94 AND 195 ELECTIONS PUT
IT WOULD BE COUNCIL' THEN THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION MUST BE YES. BIGOTED, NARROW-MINDED, TO SAY ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT BUT ONE WOULD WHICH WOULD RESULT FROM HAVE ΤΟ BE CONVINCED THAT THE PROPOSALS
LEGISLATION AMENDMENT WERE BETTER THAN THE PROPOSALS WHICH ARE IN THE
THERE WOULD BE LITTLE POINT IN PUTTING WHICH IS BEING GAZETTED TODAY.
LESS BEFORE THE COUNCIL PROPOSALS WHICH WE THOUGHT WERE LESS GOOD OR
ACQUIESCENCE OF THE COMMUNITY. LIKELY
THE ASSENT AND TO COMMAND
WANT ON LITTLE POINT IN PUTTING SUCH PROPOSALS FORWARD BUT I DON'T
MEMBER THE THE HONOURABLE THIS OCCASION
ON ANY OTHER TO GIVE OR
IS IN TABLETS OF STONE WHICH IMPRESSION THAT OUR PROPOSALS ARE CARVED | NOT TO SAY THAT THEY'RE WRITTEN IN INVISIBLE OR EASILY WIPEABLE INK.
MR WONG
GOVERNOR.
WAI-YIN (THROUGH
INTERPRETER):
AND
AND
ARE OR
BEG YOUR PARDON MR
IF CHINA MAY I VERY BRIEFLY REPHRASE MY QUESTION. BRITAIN CAN RESOLVE THEIR DIFFERENCES AND ARE WILLING TO SIT DOWN AND YET THE CHINESE RESUME TALKS ON CONSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS SAYING THAT YOU SHOULD DEFER INTRODUCING THE LEGISLATION TO LEGCO DURING THE PERIOD OF IT'S EXMAINATION BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL YOU NOW IF YOUR NOW WILL YOU DO WHAT THEY ASK YOU? SHOULD WITHDRAW THEM ANSWER IS NO THEN WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES WILL LEAD TO YOUR WITHDRAWING THE LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS FROM LEGCO?
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