THERE ARE TWO UNKNOWNS IN THAT THE FIRST UNKNOWN IS, WE DO NOT ACTUALLY KNOW AT THIS STAGE WHAT IS GOING TO COME OUT OF THE GREEN PAPER EXERCISE. WE QUITE SIMPLY DO NOT KNOW WHAT PUBLIC REACTION IS GOING TO BE. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO FIND OUT. THE SECOND UNKNOWN IS WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO BE WRITTEN INTO THE DRAFT OF THE BASIC LAW, SO YOU HAVE TWO UNKNOWNS.
WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY EARLIER WAS THAT SINCE BOTH THE CHINESE SIDE AND WE IN HONG KONG ARE ENDEAVOURING TO CONSULT PUBLIC OPINION AND TO PAY DUE ATTENTION TO PUBLIC OPINION, THAT ONE HOPES THE
EXERCISE WILL PROCEED IN PARALLEL, SO THE SORT OF SCENARIO THAT YOU ARE DESCRIBING WON'T ARISE. THAT MUST BE THE HOPE, THAT MUST BE WHAT ONE IS A IMING FOR.
Q: BETTY LIU, TVB; BUT IF IT DOES HAPPEN?
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THAT IS VERY HYPOTHETICAL BASED ON TWO HYPOTHETICAL PROBLEMS.
CHEUNG KIT-FUNG (PAI SHING) I HAVE HEARD THAT SIR GEOFFREY HOWE AND MR WU XUEQIAN HAVE DISCUSSED THE DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN HONG KONG FOR THE PAST TWO MONTHS. CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT THE DISCUSSIONS LEAD TO SOME SORT OF CONSENSUS OR AGREEMENT?
A: THERE HAVE BEEN TWO RECENT MEETINGS BETWEEN SIR GEORFFREY HOWE AND FOREIGN MINISTER WU XUEQIAN. ONE WAS IN GENEVA, ONE WAS RECENTLY IN BANGKOK WHEN BOTH OF THEM, IF I REMEMBER RIGHTLY, WERE THERE FOR AN ESCAP CONFERENCE, AT BOTH OF THOSE MEETINGS THEY DISCUSSED MOST OF THE TIME A LARGE RANGE OF INTERNATIONAL ISSUES BUT ALSO DID TOUCH ON HONG KONG. AND THE WHOLE TIME THERE IS DISCUSSION GOING ON ABOUT HONG KONG, BETWEEN THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT ON THE WHOLE QUESTION OF TRANSITION, BUT THE GREEN PAPER WHICH HAS JUST BEEN PUBLISHED IS A DOCUMENT PUT OUT BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT, SO WHAT YOU HAVE GOT IN THE GREEN PAPER IS THE VIEWS PUT OUT BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.
Q: NG TING-KAI (ATV), THE AIM OF THE GREEN PAPER IS TO REVIEW THE DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY THE ROLE OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAS NOT BEEN INCLUDED?
Q CHAN YUN-CHI (ATV) AND THE LINKAGE - WE ARE TOGETHER. LINKAGE BETWEEN EXCO AND LEGCO WHICH WAS PROVIDED FOR BY SIR HADDON-CAVE IN 1985.
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THE 1984 WHITE PAPER IN ITS CONCLUSION SAID, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, THAT THERE HAD BEEN VERY LITTLE PUBLIC RESPONSE ON THE QUESTION OF THE COMPOSITION OF EXCO AND THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING WHICH COULD BE DISCUSSED IN THE FUTURE, NOT WITH ANY SPECIFIC TIME GIVEN FOR THAT.
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