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THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1985

HEARTENING VIEWS ON WHITE PAPER - SIR PHILIP

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FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF CHIEF SECRETARY SIR PHILIP

DDON-CAVE'S WINDING-UP SPEECH IN THE DEBATE ON THE WHITE PAPER ON THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN HONG KONG:.

+SIR, I AM HEARTENED BY MOST OF THE VIEWS WHICH HAVE BEEN PRESSED BY UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS DURING THIS DEBATE ON THE WHITE APER ON THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN L. KONG.

AND I AM PLEASED THAT ALL WITH ONE EXCEPTION, AND I RESPECT F COURSE MRS CHOW'S STANDPOINT, ALL HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY

ND TO SUPPORT THE MOTION.

+AS I SAID IN MY OPENING SPEECH THE PLANS IN THE WHITE PAPER HAVE BEEN BASED ON FOUR PRINCIPLES AND THOSE FOUR PRINCIPLES HAVE

EN ACCEPTED AND REEMPHASISED BY MANY OF THE SPEAKERS IN THIS DEBATE, INCLUDING FOR EXAMPLE, DR HARRY FANG, MR PETER WONG, DR HO KAM-FA), AND MANY OTHERS.

+AND INDEED, AS THE AG HAS JUST SAID, MOST MEMBERS GENERALLY ENDORSED THE STEP BY STEP APPROACH ADOPTED IN THE WHITE PAPER, ALTHOUGH I FEAR THAT MRS CHOW ARGUED THAT THE STEPS SHOULD BE BUILT BEFORE THEY HAD BEEN TRODDEN UPON.

+MISS DUNN HAS ALSO STRESSED, AND VERY RIGHTLY, THE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THE FOUR DETERMINANTS, WHICH SHE PERCEIVES TO BE THE FOUR FUNDAMENTAL DETERMINANTS, OF HONG KONG'S SURVIVAL AND SUCCESS ARE NEITHER FORGOTTEN NOR UNDERMINED IN THE COURSE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MORE REPRESENTATIVE SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IN HONG KONG.

+MR STEPHEN CHEONG PUT IN A FURTHER PLEA FOR A CONTINUING EMPHASIS ON PRAGMATISM.

+MR BILL BROWN AND MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG, AS WELL AS OTHER MEMBERS, HAVE UNDERLINED THE IMPORTANCE OF BOTH CANDIDATES AND VOTERS DEVELOPING A PROPER SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE COMMUNITY.

+THESE ARE ALL SENTIMENTS WITH WHICH I AM SURE WE CAN ALL AGREE. +ATTENTION HAS BEEN DRAWN BY MR P.K. YEUNG, MR PETER C. WONG, HO KAM-FAI, MR ALLEN LEE, MR FRANCIS TIEN AND SEVERAL OTHERS TO

NEET TO KEEP IN MIND THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT ON THE

OF HONG KONG IN FRAMING OUR PLANS FOR THE CONSTITUTIONAL 1ENT OF HONG KONG AND NOT TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT NG WILL ULTIMATELY BECOME UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF CHINA. ESE ARE VALID POINTS, AND THE PLANS IN THE WHITE PAPER ON REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT HAVE BEEN FRAMED ACCORDINGLY. AT THE SAVE TIME WE MUST ENSURE THAT AS A NEW SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT AT

LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE LEVELS IS DEVELOPED, WE MUST ENSURE

IT IS SUITED TO HONG KONG'S PREVAILING CIRCUMSTANCES, AND WE SHOULD NOT ALLOW OURSELVES TO TRY TO THINK TOO FAR AHEAD, AND PERHAPS THEREBY BE UNDULY INFLUENCED BY THOUGHTS OF WHAT THE POSITION MIGHT BE AFTER 1997.

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