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HK PEOPLE'S WISHES SHOULD BE MET

THAT SHOULD THE HON HILTON CHEONG-LEEN SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY)

MAJORITY FAVOURING THE REPORT OF THE SURVEY OFFICE INDICATE A STRONG A NUMBER OF DIRECTLY ELECTED SEATS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN 1988, IT WOULD BE UP TO THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO TAKE THE NECESSARY TO MEET THE WISHES OF HONG KONG PEOPLE.

ACTION

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ON THE GREEN SPEAKING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON THE MOTION

MADE IN LONDON - PAPER, MR CHEONG-LEEN SAID THAT FROM THE STATEMENT

OF THE LAST WEEK BY AMBASSADOR KE ZAISHUO, HEAD OF THE CHINESE SIDE

OPPOSED TO JOINT LIAISON GROUP, IT WAS NOW CLEAR THAT CHINA WAS NOT

COUNCIL, AND THAT AN ELEMENT OF DIRECT ELECTIONS TO THE LEGISLATIVE

KONG, CHINA IF SUCH WERE A PART OF THE DEMOCRATIC WOULD SUPPORT AND PROMOTE SUCH DEMOCRATIC PROCESS,

HONG PROCESS IN

FOR THE CALLED LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WITH HONG KONG ISLAND THREE SEATS, KOWLOON WEST THREE

HE THAT

HAD HE

LAST YEAR RECALLED INTRODUCTION OF 12 DIRECTLY ELECTED SEATS IN THE IN 1988 FROM LARGE REGIONAL CONSTITUENCIES GETTING THREE SEATS, KOWLOON EAST SEATS AND THE NEW TERRITORIES THREE SEATS.

HE HAD ALSO SAID LAST YEAR THAT THE NUMBER OF DIRECTLY LEGCO SEATS BE PROGRESSIVELY INCREASED WITH EVERY THE YEAR 1997, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DIRECTLY ELECTED MAXIMUM OF 30 PER CENT OF THE LEGISLATURE.

ELECTED

ELECTION UNTIL BY SEATS REACHED A

AS TO "THERE IS HOWEVER MUCH DIVERGENCE OF VIEWS IN HONG KONG

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WHETHER THERE SHOULD BE DIRECT ELECTIONS TO THE

IMPORTANCE THEREFORE THAT WE IN 1988. IT IS OF PRIMARY

AWAIT THE BY THE REPORT OF THE SURVEY OFFICE WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE AVAILABLE END OF OCTOBER, MR CHEONG-LEEN NOTED.

"

SEATS, ELECTED

HE WAS INDIRECTLY OF AS REGARDS THE NUMBER

24 TO 30 MEMBERS IN THE IN FAVOUR OF AN INCREASE OF SIX SEATS FROM

BOARDS, THE URBAN

THE COUNCIL, ELECTORAL COLLEGES OF THE DISTRICT REGIONAL COUNCIL, AND THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES.

OF

LOWERING

ENTITLEMENT TO VOTE, HE SAID ON THE QUESTION OF THE AGE OF THAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE TO WHOM HE TALKED WERE IN FAVOUR THE VOTING AGE FROM 21 TO 18, NOT IN 1988 BUT IN 1991.

FORWARD WAS THAT MORE THE MAIN REASON PUT

CIVIC EDUCATION MAKE THE YOUNG PEOPLE, WHO WERE NEEDED TO BE PROMOTED IN ORDER TO

GENERATION, MORE UNDOUBTEDLY BETTER EDUCATED TODAY THAN THE PREVIOUS ACTIVELY AWARE OF THEIR RIGHTS AND COMMUNITY.

RESPONSIBILITIES

WITHIN

THE

/IN REGARD

A