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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1935

NOTHING DRAMATIC ABOUT POWER TO DISSOLVE LEGCO

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IN MOVING OVER TO A PARTLY ELECTED SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT, IT IS A PERFECTLY NORMAL PROGRESSION TO HAVE A NORMAL TERM FOR THE LEGISLATURE AND ALSO TO PROVIDE FOR A SHORTER PERIOD IF CIRCUMSTANCES REQUIRE.

THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SAID THIS AFTER TOURING THE LIM POR YEN INDOOR SPORTS CENTRE IN MONG KOK TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

+WE ARE MAKING VARIOUS CHANGES OF COURSE AND ONE OF THE CHANGES IS THAT WE ARE MOVING OVER TO A PARTLY ELECTED SYSTEM AND IT IS A PERFECTLY NORMAL PROGRESSION IN CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THIS KIND TO HAVE A PERIOD FOR THE LEGISLATURE, WHICH IS WITH US THREE YEARS, BUT ALSO TO PROVIDE FOR A SHORTER PERIOD IF THE CIRCUMSTANCES REQUIRE IT.

+SO IT IS NOTHING VERY DRAMATIC, THIS POWER, YOU WILL FIND IT EXISTS IN MANY JURISDICTIONS. BUT IT IS THERE IN ORDER TO GIVE FLEXIBILITY.

+1 THINK THAT IS THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE IT, HE SAID.

+THERE WILL BE A NORMAL TERM BUT IF THE CIRCUMSTANCES CALL FOR A DIFFERENT TERM THEN THE POWER WOULD BE THERE FOR THE GOVERNOR TO DISSOLVE THE LEGISLATURE.

+EUT AS SAY. THE POWER EXISTS IN MANY JURISDICTIONS AND IT IS A VERY NATURAL DEVELOPMENT WHEN WE ARE MOVING THE WAY WE ARE IN HONG KONG, HE ADDED.

ASKED TO COMMENT ON POLITICAL GROUPS RECENTLY SET UP IN HONG KONG, SIR EDWARD SAID:

+ IT WAS NOT A GOOD IDEA TO GET TOO ATTACHED TO LABELS.+

HE SAID THERE WAS NOTHING VERY NEW IN HONG WHO SHARE SIMILAR INTERESTS FORMING GROUPS. IT ON AND QUITE A NUMBER HAD BEEN FORMED IN HONG LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS AND THERE WERE SOME OLD ONES.

YG ABOUT PEOPLE .D BEEN GOING NG OVER THE ESTAR SHED

+1 THINK