THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2,
1993
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WHY
AT THE OBVIOUS
I THINK IT IS A BETTER QUESTION TO ASK OF THE CHINESE SIDE THEY ARE STICKING OUT AGAINST THE VOTING METHOD BEING AGREED SAME TIME AS THE VOTING AGE. LET ME MAKE ANOTHER PRETTY
THE VOTING METHOD FOR POINT. A BILL IN WHICH WE LEGISLATED FOR
AND THE VOTING AGE ORGANISATIONS
FOR EVERYTHING WOULD DISTRICT
WERE DISCUSSING CERTAINLY LEND ITSELF TO THE SORT OF AMENDMENTS WE EARLIER. INDEED I HAVE ALREADY HEARD MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL SAY THAT IF WE DON'T PUT DOWN THE VOTING METHOD IN THE BILL THEY WILL AMEND IT, SUPPORT IN AND I HAVE HEARD MEMBERS SAY THAT WOULD PRODUCE MAJORITY THIS
US, WE REACHED
THE
TO
COUNCIL, BECAUSE I HAVE HEARD DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF BOTH THE TWO LARGEST PARTIES SAYING THAT THEY WOULD SUPPORT SINGLE SEAT, SINGLE VOTE. SO IF, WHICH WAS I THINK WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR
VOTING METHOD AGREEMENT ON A PARTIAL BILL WHICH ONLY DEALT WITH THE
WE WOULD HAVE BEEN FOR DISTRICT ORGANISATIONS AND SHUT OUT LEGCO,
CHINESE
WHEN SIDE FROM THE REBUKE INVITING CONSIDERABLE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL EXTENDED THAT AGREEMENT, AND WE HAD TO GO BACK
HAD GONE THE TABLE AND EXPLAIN TO THEM THAT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
ITS ONE OF THE THINGS FURTHER THAN WE HAD AGREED IN NEGOTIATIONS. WHICH IS I THINK CENTRAL TO THE WHOLE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. IN TRUTH AND HONOUR AGREE TO THINGS AT THE NEGOTIATING TABLE WHICH DON'T THINK ARE GOING TO BE ACCEPTABLE TO THIS COUNCIL, OTHERWISE
BUT I REPEAT ALAS, IT WASN'T ARE BEHAVING QUITE SIMPLY DISHONOURABLY. THE CASE FOR IT WAS ONLY THE VOTING METHOD THAT STOOD BETWEEN US AN AGREEMENT. I SHOULD JUST ADD THAT THE NPC POINT AS A GESTURE
ITS ANOTHER CONCESSION GOOD FAITH WE WERE PREPARED TO ACCEPT, WE'VE MADE IN THESE TALKS AND ONE WHICH I AM PREPARED TO STAND BY.
MR
STRAIGHTFORWARD
INTERPRETATION);
MATTERS WHICH DO NOT
WE CAN'T
WE
WE
AND
OF
THAT
THANK YOU MR WONG ZACHARY
WAI-YIN (THROUGH PRESIDENT. MR GOVERNOR, ON ONE HAND YOU HAVE DECIDED TO INTRODUCE THE BILL ON MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD ISSUES AND IT WILL BE INTRODUCED ON 15TH DECEMBER, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND YOU SAID THAT YOU HOPED VERY MUCH THAT ON MORE CONTENTIOUS ISSUES, CONCERNING THE ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS, YOU WELL NOW EVEN ALL THESE WILL HAVE MORE TALKS WITH THE CHINESE SIDE.
CONCERN PRINCIPLES, THE VERY
HOW CAN YOU EXPECT THE CHINESE SIDE DID NOT ACCEPT EVERYTHING. CHINESE SIDE TO AGREE ON THE MORE CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES, WILL THIS YOUR WISHFUL THINKING? WELL MR GOVERNOR, MY QUESTION IS THIS: CHINESE SIDE REFUSES TO HOLD ANY TALKS WITH YOU ON THE ARRANGEMENTS THEN WILL YOU INTRODUCE ANOTHER BILL ON THE PARTS,
INCLUDING THE PARTS ON ELECTION COMMITTER AND CONSTITUENCIES? WILL YOU CONSIDER INTRODUCING THE WHOLE THE LEGCO? ARE YOU WAITING FOR A MIRACLE TO HAPPEN? GOVERNOR: WELL, AS I HAVE TO SAY THAT AS A PRACTISING CHRISTIAN I BELIEVE IN
MIRACLES THOUGH THEY ARE NOT VOUCHSAFED AS OFTEN WOULD LIKE IN THE POLITICAL ARENA EXCEPT OCCASIONAL ELECTION
THAT'S THE END OF MY MEMOIRS. IN WHICH I'VE PLAYED A PART.
BE IF THE ELECTORAL REMAINING THE FUNCTIONAL PACKAGE TO
DO
AS ONE
RESULTS
/TWO QUESTIONS