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The President: Mr Wong, are you claiming that your question has not been answered?
Mr Zachary Wong (in Chinese): Yes, Mr President. The crux of the question is this, as the Chief Secretary said that should there be additional information required it will be considered, my question is: When you provide this type of information would you be providing some information that you will not be giving or you do not want to give to the Legislative Council, but you will give it to the Preparatory Committee?
CS: Mr President, we have already undertaken to be fully accountable to members of this Council in whatever information we supply to the Preparatory Committee.
Mr Paul Cheung: Will the Chief Secretary convey to this Council and to the Hong Kong community that in her view, based on her meetings in Beijing, that she found Director Lu and the other Chinese officials she met are all sincere and genuine in their desire to ensure that stability and prosperity in Hong Kong are maintained both pre and post 1997?
CS: Mr President, I gained the impression that both sides are very keen to intensify co- operation, both sides are keen to see a smooth transition, and both sides are keen to maintain confidence and stability and continuity within the civil service.
Mr Henry Tang: Mr President, the Chief Secretary, in regard to the Provisional Legislature, has used the words "unjustifiable", "unnecessary" and "undesirable" but she has never used the word "illegal". Is it the position of the Hong Kong Government that the Hong Kong Government does not consider the Provisional Legislature illegal because it is inconsistent with the Joint Declaration and the Basic Law?
CS: Mr President, the Governor has made the Hong Kong Government's position on this issue very clear in his last question and answer session in this Council. I have again reiterated the Government's position on the Provisional Legislature this afternoon and I really have nothing further to add to my remarks.
Mrs Selina Chow: Mr President, as Head of the civil service the Chief Secretary in fact was very much expected to bring messages of assurance back to the community and to the civil service as to the smooth transition for the civil service. I just wonder whether the Chief Secretary could tell this Council whether any specific messages could actually be passed on to the civil service to this effect, to ensure that their morale could be uplifted and that their confidence could be enhanced?