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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1987

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+ IT NEEDS TO BE SURE THAT IF ANY REFORMS ARE TO BE INTRODUCED, THEY WILL HAVE THE CLEAR SUPPORT OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG BEHIND THEM, + SHE SAID.

SHE ADDED THAT IMPORTANT CHANGES COULD NOT BE MADE WITH ONLY THIN SUPPORT OR ON THE BASIS OF WHAT A FEW ARTICULATE VOICES ADVOCATED, OR IN THE FACE OF INCOHERENT OPINIONS.

SO THIS WAS THE CHANCE FOR THE VIEWS OF THE COMMUNITY TO BE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR AND FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO DISCOVER WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTED AND DID NOT WANT.

MISS DUNN SAID THERE WERE NO EXCUSES FOR REMAINING SILENT. SOME HAD SUGGESTED THAT PEOPLE HERE WOULD BE INHIBITED FROM SPEAKING OUT FRANKLY BECAUSE OF PERCEPTIONS ABOUT THE ATTITUDE OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT.

BUT AS THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, HAD SAID LAST FRIDAY DURING HIS PRESS CONFERENCE, THE CHINESE VIEWS WERE NOT ALWAYS AS SIMPLE OR ONE WAY AS THE INTERPRETATIONS SOMETIMES PUT UPON THEM.

IT WAS FOR THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG TO DECIDE THEMSELVES WHAT VIEW THEY THOUGHT THEY WANTED TO PUT TO THE GOVERNMENT, SHE SAID.

MISS DUNN ALSO NOTED THAT SOME HAD SUGGESTED THAT THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAD ALREADY MADE UP ITS MIND WHAT TO DO WITHOUT WAITING TO HEAR THE OUTCOME OF THE CONSULTATION.

+NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SHE SAID.

AND I SPEAK AS A

SHE SAID THE ADVICE WHICH THE GOVERNOR WOULD RECEIVE FROM THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL WOULD BE GIVEN AS ALWAYS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OATH EACH MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL HAD TAKEN TO GIVE COUNSEL AND ADVICE TO THE GOVERNOR FOR THE GOOD GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG AND TO CONSCIENTIOUSLY AND TRULY SERVE THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.

SHE SAID ADVICE WOULD BE TENDERED BY EACH EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THE GOVERNOR'S DECISION. +NO ONE MEMBER CAN SPEAK OTHERS. +

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