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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1985
THE LAWS OF HONG KONG WERE NOT STATIC: THEY WERE UPDATED OR AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME.
MR CHEN SAID IT HAD ALSO BEEN SUGGESTED THAT THE STANDING ORDERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SHOULD BE REVIEWED BEFORE THE BILL WAS PASSED.
+I WISH TO POINT OUT THAT STANDING ORDERS ARE AT PRESENT UNDER REVIEW, BUT I DO NOT SEE THE NEED TO DEFER THE BILL TO AWAIT THE OUTCOME OF THE REVIEW.+
FURTHERMORE, THE STANDING ORDERS COULD ALWAYS BE CHANGED
IF IT PROVED TO BE NECESSARY.
HE SAID DURING THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, HONG KONG SHOULD LEARN TO STAND ON ITS OWN TWO FEET AND MANAGE ITS OWN AFFAIRS.
+I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THE BILL IS A RIGHT STEP IN THAT DIRECTION, + HE ADDED.
EARLIER MR CHEN SAID HE WISHED TO REITERATE THAT HE SUPPORTED THE UNDERLYING PRINCIPLE AND SPIRIT OF THE BILL.
+HAVING EXAMINED THE COMMENTS AND VIEWS OF THE LEGAL AND OTHER INTERESTED GROUPS AND HEARD THE ANSWERS TO THEM IN THIS DEBATE, I AM SATISFIED THAT THE AMENDMENTS TABLED TODAY HAVE MET THE IR CRITICISMS,+ HE SAID.
+ I AM THEREFORE CONVINCED THAT THERE ARE NO COMPELLING GROUNDS FOR DEFERRING THE BILL FOR A FEW WEEKS, AND EVEN LESS FOR DEFERRING IT UNTIL THE NEXT SESSION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.+
NO FURTHER REASON FOR DEFERRING THIRD READING
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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE LISTENED CAREFULLY, STUDIED CONSCIENTIOUSLY AND ANALYSED THOROUGHLY AND HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THERE IS NO FURTHER REASON FOR DEFERRING THE THIRD READING OF THE POWERS AND PRIVILEGES BILL.
THIS WAS THE VIEW OF THE HON ALLEN LEE WHEN HE SPOKE DURING THE BILL'S FINAL READING IN THE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR LEE SAID THERE WERE TWO POINTS WHICH THE PUBLIC OUGHT TO KNOW CLEARLY.
/FIRST, BE
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