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THINGS IN FRONT OF WE ARE NOT WILL GET
THE PRINCIPLE
NOW YOU ASKED ABOUT POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT IN HONG KONG, THAT WAS YOUR FIRST QUESTION. NOW I WANT TO MAKE A NUMBER OF
AND NOT JUST BETWEEN YOU AND ME BUT ABSOLUTELY CLEAR, EVERYBODY. WE ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE UP OUR PRINCIPLES. GOING TO GIVE UP THE PRINCIPLE THAT HONG KONG DESERVES AND FAIR AND OPEN ELECTIONS. WE ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE UP THAT THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THOSE ELECTIONS MUST BE ACCEPTABLE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG. WE ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE UP THE PRINCIPLE WE HAVE, BEFORE 1997, TO STAND UP FOR HONG KONG'S WAY OF LIFE, AND WE DO THAT, THE WAY OF LIFE OF HONG KONG IS MORE LIKELY TO SURVIVE FOR DECADES AND CENTURIES AFTER 1997.
THOSE
то THE
THAT IF
MOST HAVE AN
PROPOSALS THINK
WE ARE GENUINELY TRYING, IN THE TALKS THAT WE ARE HAVING
FAIR AND WITH CHINA, TO FIND AN AGREEMENT WHICH WILL GIVE US OPEN AND ACCEPTABLE ELECTIONS, AND WHICH WILL SECURE THE SO-CALLED THROUGH TRAIN, SO THAT WE HAVE AS PEACEFUL AND SUCCESSFUL A TRANSITION
THINK IN ORDER TO TRY TO SECURE THAT, BECAUSE I AS POSSIBLE.
WE PEOPLE IN HONG KONG WOULD LIKE US TO SECURE THAT OBJECTIVE, BEEN PREPARED TO PUT FORWARD NEW PROPOSALS, CONDITIONAL ON GETTING OVERALL ACCEPTABLE AGREEMENT. THOSE PROPOSALS WOULD, IN MY VIEW, PROVIDE FOR FAIR AND OPEN ELECTIONS. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT WE'VE MADE STILL HAVEN'T SECURED THE BREAKTHROUGH WHICH I THE WHOLE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE. WE WILL GO ON TRYING, PATIENTLY, CREATIVELY, FLEXIBLY, HONESTLY, SINCERELY - WHAT ELSE CAN I SAY?
OF BUT IF YOU SPEND A LOT WE WILL TRY TO SECURE AN AGREEMENT, TIME KNOCKING ON WHAT YOU THINK IS A DOOR AND IT TURNS OUT TO BE A
THERE COMES A MOMENT WHEN YOU HAVE TO GO AWAY AND GET BRICK-WALL,
ON WITH LIFE AS BEST YOU CAN. SO WHETHER WE GET AN AGREEMENT OR WHETHER WE DON'T GET AN AGREEMENT, AT THE END OF THE DAY WE WILL HAVE TO GO TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WITH OUR PROPOSALS, AND IT IS FOR THE LEGISLATION LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ACTING FOR THE COMMUNITY, TO PASS THE
THAT OR AMEND THE LEGISLATION. IT IS THEIR ROLE, AND I DON'T BELIEVE IT WOULD BE RIGHT IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES TO HAVE A REFERENDUM WHICH WOULD I THINK PERHAPS
PEOPLE TO
THAT THE THINK COUNCIL DIDN'T HAVE THE LEGISLATIVE
FINAL
FOR RESPONSIBILITY DETERMINING THESE MATTERS. SO, WE WILL BE SINCERE AND FLEXIBLE BUT WE ARE NOT GOING TO ABANDON OUR PRINCIPLES.
IN
ENCOURAGE SOME
SEE MR PATTEN, I AM SURPRISED TO QUESTION (THROUGH INTERPRETER): THAT
YOUR POLICY SPEECH THERE ARE SOME PLACES WHICH ARE IN VIOLATION OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS. THIS IS YOUR PUBLIC HOUSING SCHEME YOU AND YOUR CROWN LANDS LAWS. I THINK IN YOUR PUBLIC HOUSING SCHEME HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM AT THE ROOT. EVERYTHING YOU DO ARE JUST STOP GAP MEASURES AND I THINK THE WAY ΤΟ CURE THE DO WHOLE PROBLEM, YOU MUST DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE LAND AND YOU MUST SOMETHING ABOUT THE CROWN LAND ORDINANCE. IN THE CROWN LAND ORDINANCE CHAPTER 28 OF THE LAWS OF HONG KONG, IN WHICH IT WAS LAID DOWN THIS ORDINANCE. IN THE BILL OF RIGHTS IT WAS LAID DOWN THAT THE CROWN LAND ORDINANCE WILL NOT BE EFFECTIVE AFTER 8 OF JUNE 1991. I HAVE WRITTEN YOU ABOUT THIS AND I HAVE GOT A REPLY FROM THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS AND HE AGREES TO INCLUDE MY POINT OF VIEW INTO THE REVIEW OF LANDS LAW. SO, WOULD YOU MAKE CORRECTION TO THIS CROWN LAND ORDINANCE WHICH VIOLATES THE BILL OF RIGHTS, TO GIVE BACK ALL THE LAND TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG?
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