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WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1987

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CHINA SHOULD HAVE FAITH IN HK PEOPLE

г

THE HON MRS RITA

FAN FAITH

IN

OFFICIALS SHOULD HAVE

CHINESE AND

SAID TODAY

THAT (WEDNESDAY) HONG KONG PEOPLE'S KNOWLEDGE ABILITY AND AVOID MAKING COMMENTS WHICH MIGHT BE INTERPRETED OF INTERVENTION.

SPEAKING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL DURING THE

THE GREEN PAPER, MRS FAN SAID MUTUAL TRUST BETWEEN AND THOSE IN HONG KONG WAS THE BASIS OF A HARMONIOUS FUTURE.

AS ACTS

MOTION ON THE PEOPLE IN CHINA RELATIONSHIP IN

SHE SAID THAT WHEN

CONSIDERING

THE VARIOUS

DEVELOPMENT

GREEN PAPER, SHE ADHERED FIRMLY TO THREE PRINCIPLES.

ROLE IN THE LEADING FACTORS PLAYED A

GRADUAL AND SECOND, POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE

ΤΟ THIRD, OVERLAPPING REPRESENTATION SHOULD BE KEPT ADDED.

TURNING TO DIRECT

SHE ELECTIONS,

TE

KONG

IN OPTIONS FIRST, ECONOMI

OF HONG STEP BY STEP A MINIMUM SHE

SAID THE

INTRODUCTION

GIVEN THE EXPERIEN

то INDIRECT ELECTION

DIRECT ELECTIONS WAS A LOGICAL STEP TO PROCEED

THE INTRODUCTION ACQUIRED FROM

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN 1985.

OF

AND

WITH A RIGHT TO VOTE

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WHICH

THIS WOULD PROVIDE EVERY CITIZEN ENABLE THE PUBLIC TO ELECT MEMBERS OF THE WAS PART OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE.

ELP TO

"THIS WILL ENHANCE THE PEOPLE'S SENSE OF BELONGING AND HELP ENSURE MORE PUBLIC SUPPORT ON GOVERNMENT POLICIES,

THEREFORE, SHE BELIEVED DIRECT

SHE SAID.

ELECTIONS ΤΟ THE LEGISLATIVE BE INTRODUCED IN 1988.

18 PER CENT

OF CONVERGENCE

COUNCIL ON A ONE MAN ONE VOTE' BASIS COULD MEMBERS SO ELECTED SHOULD CONSTITUTE 15 PER CENT TO THE WHOLE COUNCIL. AS TO WHETHER THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE BASIC LAW, SHE DID NOT THINK THERE WOULD BE ANY PROBLEM.

REGARDING THE

IN PARAGRAPH

TWO

OF

OPTIONS

OF THE ELECTED

DIRECT

OF

ELECTIONS

RELATED TO 107

GREEN

SAID THE PAPER, SHE MENTIONED

ΤΟ ADDITION IN ELEMENT

THE INTRODUCTION

DIRECTLY A

RESULT IN OVERLAPPING EXISTING CATEGORIES OF MEMBERS WOULD POSSIBLY

FROM GEOGRAPHICAL ELECTORAL REPRESENTATION BETWEEN MEMBERS RETURNED COLLEGES AND THOSE RETURNED FROM DIRECT ELECTIONS.

FROM GEOGRAPHICAL

IS ACCEPTABLE," SHR

"THE SUGGESTION TO REPLACE MEMBERS RETURNED ELECTORAL, COLLEGES BY DIRECTLY ELECTED SAID.

MEMBERS

/HOWEVER, ITS