XN000022-1984-10-15 — Page 13

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1984

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TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT, HE SAID, THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG SHOULD ASK FOR EARLY ESTABLISHMENT OF A POLITICAL STRUCTURE TO USHER THE ERA OF HONG KONG PEOPLE RULING HONG KONG+.

+TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG. THE SAYING GOD HELPS THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES' IS RELEVANT AND THEY SHOULD SET STRICT DEMANDS ON THEMSELVES.

+FIRST. THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG SHOULD FACE REALITY WITH A COURAGEOUS AND POSITIVE ATTITUDE.

BEING OVER OPTIMISTIC OR PESSIMISTIC WAS NOT THE RIGHT ATTITUDE TO TAKE IN RESOLVING THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG'S FUTURE, HE SAID.

HE BELIEVED THE POSITIVE ATTITUDE OF HONG KONG PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE LIMITED TO THE HANDLING OF ECONOMIC MATTERS, BUT SHOULD BE EXTENDED ALSO TO POLITICAL AFFAIRS.

HE SAID THE ABLE AND TALENTED LEADERS SHOULD TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO PARTICIPATE IN POLITICS ON THE ONE HAND, AND THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG SHOULD STRENGTHEN THE IR POLITICAL ́AWARENESS ON THE OTHER.

ON THE AGREEMENT ITSELF, HE FELT THAT THE APPOINTMENT OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE SHOULD BE CLARIFIED.

+1 PERSONALLY CONSIDER THAT THE AGREEMENT (OR THE ANNEXES) SHOULD GIVE MORE DETAIL TO THE ENTIRE PROCESS OF APPOINTING A CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND CLEARLY DEFINE UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES WILL THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE BE SELECTED BY CONSULTATION, UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES WILL HE BE ELECTED, WHETHER THE CENTRAL PEOPLE'S GOVERNMENT HAS THE RIGHT TO VETO SUCH APPOINTMENTS AND IF SO UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES, HE SAID.

HE ALSO BELIEVED IT WAS ESSENTIAL THAT THE AGREEMENT MUST CLEARLY DEFINE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE AND THE LEGISLATURE AND HOW THE LATTER CAN PERFORM THE FUNCTION OF MONITORING THE FORMER.

HE SAID THE AGREEMENT SHOULD CLARIFY THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LAWS ALREADY IN FORCE IN HONG KONG, THE BASIC LAW AND THE CHINESE CONSTITUTION.

HE DID NOT SUPPORT THE VIEW THAT THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG HAD THE CHOICE OF ACCEPTING THE AGREEMENT IN ITS ENTIRETY OR NOT ACCEPTING IT.

HE POINTED OUT THAT DURING THE 13 YEARS BEFORE THE MAIN PARTS OF THE AGREEMENT WERE IMPLEMENTED, NEW DEVELOPMENTS OR NEW FACTORS MIGHT EMERGE; SOME MIGHT EVEN BE ENTIRELY UNEXPECTED BY BOTH PARTIES AT THE TIME OF THE NEGOTIATIONS.

+THIS CALLS FOR NECESSARY ADDITIONS TO THE ORIGINAL TEXT OF THE AGREEMENT PROVIDED THESE ARE IN LINE WITH THE SPIRIT IN WHICH IT WAS REACHED.

/+FURTHERMORE, I