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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1994
FOR
DEVISE NINE NEW THE SECOND THING WE HAVE TRIED TO DO IS TO FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES WHICH MEET THE REQUIREMENTS WHICH WERE,
WHICH REPRESENT ΤΟ REFERRED EXAMPLE,
WHITE PAPER, 1988 IN THE
LIFE OF THE SUBSTANTIAL SECTORS OF THE ECONOMIC AND PROFESSIONAL
AND I WOULD GUESS THAT COMMUNITY AND WHICH ENSURE CLEAN ELECTIONS. THERE WILL BE ARGUMENT ON BOTH THOSE POINTS AND IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO CONCLUDE THAT THE GOVERNMENT IN ONE'S JUDGMENT WAS RIGHT ABOUT FIRST BUT HADN'T GOT THE SECOND ENTIRELY CORRECT.
THE
PROPOSALS FOR THEM SECONDLY, IF THE
BUT I SAY AGAIN, FIRST OF ALL, THAT HAVING PUT THESE то THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO ARGUE AND ARGUE FOR THEM VIGOROUSLY - BUT NO BROKEN LEGS.
PLAINLY COUNCIL, IN ITS WISDOM, AMENDS THOSE PROPOSALS IN A WAY WHICH
WE HAVE DOESN'T SPIT AGAINST THE REASONABLE OBJECTIVES THAT I THINK
BROADLY ENDORSED ON THREE ALL SHARED AND
THE COUNCIL HAS WHICH
WOULD OCCASIONS, THEN THERE WOULD BE NO QUESTION THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAVE TO ACCEPT THE OUTCOME OF THE COUNCIL'S OPINION.
RELATION
THIS IS A POINT WE HAVE DISCUSSED AGAIN AND AGAIN IN TO THE COUNCIL'S VIEWS. IT'S THE TENSION BETWEEN AN EXECUTIVE AND
THAT THIS COUNCIL LEGISLATURE.
MUST SAY THAT I ACCEPT BUT I UNLIKELY TO DO THINGS WHICH ARE AGAINST THE INTERESTS OF HONG KONG.
A
IS
MR
ALL,
TO
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MR GOVERNOR, FIRST OF FRED LI (THROUGH INTERPRETATION):
BE
THE PRESENTED TO PROPOSALS ORIGINAL WELCOME THE I
POINT HAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THE MEETING BEEN ASPIRING FOR. CONCERNING THE WHITE PAPER TO BE RELEASED AT PM, I HOPE THAT THERE WON'T BE TWO DIFFERENT VERSIONS AND I DON'T WANT IS A ΤΟ SEE ACCUSATIONS BY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT SAYING THAT THIS
I HOPE THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD VERSION THAT HAS BEEN GLOSSED OVER.
17 ROUNDS OF BE PREPARED TO LET US KNOW ABOUT THE RECORDS OF THE
MUCH TO NEGOTIATIONS. MAYBE FOR THE FIRST 14 ROUNDS WE DON'T HAVE SEE, THERE IS NOTHING MUCH TO OFFER, BUT I THINK THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD LAY BARE EVERY SINGLE DETAIL RATHER THAN AN ABRIDGED VERSION,
GOVERNOR:
JUST BEFORE
то COMING
THE
HONOURABLE GENTLEMAN'S QUESTION, CAN I ADD A MANUSCRIPT FOOTNOTE TO THE REPLY I WAS GIVING TO IT HAS BEEN A THE HONOURABLE MEMBER MR MCGREGOR A MOMENT OR TWO AGO.
AND THE CONSISTENT ARGUMENT, INDEED IT IS, I THINK, BOTH THE MORAL
THAT WE NEITHER POLITICAL BASIS OF THE APPROACH THAT WE HAVE TAKEN, WISH TO GO FURTHER THAN PEOPLE IN HONG KONG WANT TO GO, NOR DO WE WISH AND THOUGH I KNOW TO GO LESS FAR THAN PEOPLE IN HONG KONG WISH TO GO.
WHO
THAT THINK
IT IS MEMBERS THAT THERE ARE
HONOURABLE SOME
COUNCIL, INSUFFICIENT FOR THAT JUDGMENT TO BE MADE BY THE LEGISLATIVE
ACTUALLY MY OWN VIEW IS IT IS ONLY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WHICH CAN REFLECT THAT PRINCIPLE IN LEGISLATIVE REALITY.
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