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THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1987

SHOULD BE WHY

DIRECT ELECTION IN EXPLAINING

HE BELIEVED

A PIECE INTRODUCED IN 1988, MR LEE SAID, "DIRECT ELECTION HAS BECOME

SEE WHETHER THE OF LITMUS PAPER WHEREBY THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG CAN

IN THEIR INTENTIONS OF BRITISH AND CHINESE GOVERNMENTS ARE GENUINE IMPLEMENTING THE JOINT DECLARATION AND WHETHER THEY WILL TAKE HEED THE WISHES OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG,"

OF

ENSURE THAT THE BR MORE 1997 WOULD THEREFORE HAVE THEIR

HE PERCEIVED THIS AS A "POSITIVE MEASURE" TO

BEFORE AND AFTER GOVERNMENT BOTH HONG KONG RESPONSIVE TO THE PEOPLE IT GOVERNED AND WOULD SUPPORT AND WOULD BE ABLE TO DEFEND THEIR RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS.

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS COULD GOVERNMENT THE HE SAID THAT

OF ITS PEOPLE BY THE CONFIDENCE IN OPPORTUNITY

REGAINING

IT DEMONSTRATING THAT IT WAS NOT A LAME-DUCK ADMINISTRATION AND THAT

KONG DURING THESE TEN HAD BOTH THE WILL AND ABILITY TO GOVERN HONG YEARS.

—

THAT THERE WAS HOPE YET IN THE PERHAPS EVEN BEYOND

THEN THE PEOPLE WOULD SEE

FUTURE AND WOULD BE PERSUADED TO STAY LONGER 1997, HE SAID.

POLICY

OF SUCCEED

KONG "HONG

THE WITHOUT

PEOPLE TRUE

MR LEE STRESSED

ADMINISTERING

HONG

KONG"

THAT THE

NOT COULD PARTICIPATION OF EVERYONE IN HONG KONG.

"WE CANNOT CONSCIENTIOUSLY CONTINUE TO DENY 97.5

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OUR PEOPLE THE RIGHT TO VOTE IN SAID.

PER CENT OF ELECTIONS,

tr

HE

HIS FIRST REASON WAS THAT TO DO

ADMINISTRATION BRITISH MATTER FOR THE CLAUSE 4 OF THE JOINT DECLARATION.

THINK

THAT THEY

WOULD BE WRONG TO MR LEE WAS CONVINCED THAT IT BECAUSE OF THE RECENT

CERTAIN CHINESE OFFICIALS, WOULD NOT ALLOW DIRECT ELECTION TO BE INTRODUCED IN 1988.

REMARKS BY

SO IN 1988 WAS

IN

KONG HONG

ENTIRELY ACCORDING

A

ΤΟ

BY ANY STATEMENT NO WAS SAID THERE SECONDLY, HE

WARRANTED CIRCUMSTANCES IRREVERSIBLE, THAT OFFICIAL

WAS PARTICULARLY IN THE LIGHT OF STRONG PUBLIC OPINION.

IF

CHINESE IT,

KONG PEOPLE то ASK HE BELIEVED THAT IT WAS THE DUTY OF HONG

JOINT DECLARATION UNDER FOR THE MAXIMUM WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE WHICH THE SAR GOVERNMENT SHOULD ENJOY A HIGH DEGREE OF AUTONOMY.

H

HONG KONG THE BETTER IT IS FOR

TO IMPLEMENT SUCCESSFULLY HE SAID.

"AND THE HIGHER THAT AUTONOMY, AND CHINA, BECAUSE IT WILL MAKE IT EASIER THE POLICY OF ONE COUNTRY TWO SYSTEMS,

/PEOPLE SHOULD