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CESTION:

I THINK IF ONE THING I HAVE LEARNED IN HONG KONG IN THE LAST 96 HOURS IS THAT ALMOST EVERY MEMBER OF THI TERRITORY, EVERY +HONG KONGER+, IS A POLITICIAN: YOU ALL HAVE VERY STRONG IDEAS WHICH YOU ARE READY, AND SO IT SHOULD BE, TO DEBATE VERY FULLY AS TO WHAT THE FUTURE PATTERN OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN THIS TERRITORY SHOULD BE, HOW IT SHOULD DEVELOP. I HAVE A VERY STRONG IMPRESSION OF POLITICAL DEBATE HERE.

AND IT IS CERTAINLY BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO THINK NOT FOR ME AS A VISITOR TO MAKE OR TO GIVE YOU A SPECIFIC JUDGMENT ON THIS, THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS TO PREACH THE WESTMINSTER FORM OF DEMOCRACY NECESSARILY TO HONG KONG, BECAUSE I AM SURE THAT WHAT YOU HAVE GOT TO EVOLVE IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE

BUT THE LAST SUITABLE FOR YOUR OWN UNIQUE POSITION.

- THING THAT I WOULD WANT TO DO SORRY, THAT I AM SURE THAT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS THAT IN THE PERIOD UP TO 1987 REVIEW AS THE GOVERNOR SAID IN HIS SPEECH YESTERDAY, THERE WILL BE ALL SORTS OF SHADES OF OPINION COMING FORWARD.

THESE WILL BE REFLECTED IN THE 1987 REVIEW AND WILL THEN

SO IT SEEMS TU AGAIN TAKE SHAPE IN THE 1988 ELECTIONS. ME THAT ACTUALLY THERE IS A VERY HEALTHY FERMENT, NOT A DIVISIVE FERMENT, A VERY HEALTHY FERMENT AT THE MOMENT OF DEVELOPING IN HONG KONG OF SHADES OF POLITICAL OPINION.

WILSON WONG OF TVE NEWS: I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW,

I MEAN, IN UK'S MIND, WHEN DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD COMPLETE OUR POLITICAL REFORMS, BY NINETIES OR AFTER NINETIES?

PR KENTON: I THINK THAT THE IMPORTANT STAGE, REALLY IMPORTANT

POINT IN THIS AS I SAID IN MY OPENING REMARKS, IS FOR YOU TO TAKE THE STEP BY STEP APPROACH AND SEE HOW EACH STEP DEVELOPS, HOW IT IS REFLECTED AND ACCEPTABLE WITHIN HONG KONG OPINION,

AND I WAS,

FOR EXAMPLE, VERY IMPRESSED, AS I SAID EARLIER,

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AND GOING TO A DISTRICT BOARD MEETING WHIch T-E

ATTENDED NOW BY ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES, OF YOU KNOW, THE AMOUNT OF DEMOCRACY AT THAT LEVEL. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS VERY ENDEMIC IN THE HONG KONG SYSTEM BUT THIS MUST BE A STEP BY STEP APPROACH AND CLEARLY THE REVIEW IN '87 WHICH HAS ALREADY BELN BROUGHT FORWARD BY TWO YEARS, I THINK THE ORIGINAL IDEA WAS TO HAVE IT IN 189, THAT IS GOING TO BE

You ALL THE THE NEXT IMPORTANT PHASE AND A

TRIS, ALL' HONG KONG PEOPLE

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BE FEEDING IN YOUR OPINIONS DInsuTLY TO Jelat THROUGH YOUR LEGCO REPRESENTATIVES. DISTRICT BE ARD, TEME ARE AL SORTS OF AVENUE- OPEN, AREN'T THEPS.

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