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WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1987

"THEY HAVE NEVER

YES-MEN, BEEN

NOR HAVE THEY EVER SEEN THEY HAVE BEEN AS TO PLEASE AS

THEMSELVES AS HERE TO DO THE GOVERNOR'S BIDDING. SCEPTICAL AND QUIRKY AND CANTANKEROUS AND AS DIFFICULT ANY OF OUR NEWLY ELECTED COLLEAGUES,"

SHE SAID.

SHE HOPED THAT ELECTED MEMBERS WOULD AGREE THAT THEIR APPOINTED OF THE COUNCIL COUNTER-PARTS HAVE A CONTRIBUTION TO MAKE AS MEMBERS FOR SOME YEARS TO COME.

COUNCIL, MISS FOR THE GOVERNOR TO PRESIDE FROM TIME TO OF COUNCIL

COMMENTING ON THE PRESIDENCY OF THE LEGISLATIVE DUNN BELIEVED THAT IT SHOULD BE MADE POSSIBLE NOMINATE SOME OTHER MEMBERS ON THE COUNCIL TO TIME IN HIS PLACE IN VIEW OF MEETINGS NOWADAYS.

THE

FREQUENCY

AND

LENGTH

FOR HONG PRINCIPLE AND

CONCLUDING HER SPEECH, MISS DUNN EMPHASISED THE NEED KONG TO SEARCH FOR THE RIGHT COMBINATION OF ACCEPTABLE - WORKABLE PRACTICE BY LISTENING TO THE VIEWS OF THE PEOPLE.

CHANGES MUST HAVE DUE REGARD TO BASIC LAW

THE HON

CHEN SHOU-LUM

TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE

COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT THERE ARE MANY WHO HAVE CRITICISED THE GREEN PAPER ON THE GROUND THAT IT LACKS GUIDING DIRECTIONS.

SAID THOSE

SPEAKING ON THE MOTION ON THE GREEN PAPER, MR CHEN CRITICS HAD CHOSEN, DELIBERATELY AND AGAINST THEIR BETTER JUDGMENT

TO IGNORE SEEMED, GOVERNMENT MUST, AT THE OPINION

THE

FACT THAT

IN PREPARING GATHERING STAGE, DEVELOPMENT

THE PAPER,

IT

THE

HAD A COMPLETELY OF REPRESENTATIVE MATTER OF FURTHER OPEN MIND ON THE GOVERNMENT AND MUST DO NO MORE THAN HIGHLIGHTING THE POSSIBLE WITHOUT APPEARING TO FAVOUR ANY PARTICULAR ONE OF THEM.

OPTIONS

NOT TO DO OTHERWISE WOULD ACCUSATIONS OF MANIPULATING PUBLIC OPINION, HE SAID,

ONLY BE WRONG

BUT

WOULD INVITE

HOWEVER, HE URGED READERS OF THE GREEN PAPER TO PAY

ATTENTION TO THE FACTORS WHICH WOULD HAVE HONG KONG'S FUTURE POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT.

A

FUNDAMENTAL

/MR CHEN

PARTICULAR BEARING ON