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THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1987
REGARDING THE PRESIDENCY OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNOR SHOULD REMAIN AS THE PRESIDENT BUT OTHER MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL TO PRESIDE IN HIS ABSENCE SITTINGS OR PARTS OF SITTINGS.
HE SAID
MIGHT APPOINT SOME FOR SPECIFIC
OF ELECTIONS
HE ALSO FAVOURED A CHANGE IN THE BASIC SEQUENCE TO ONE IN WHICH THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTION FOLLOWED THE DISTRICT BOARD AND MUNICIPAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS AND THE INTRODUCTION OF AN ELEMENT OF "STAGGERING" BY HOLDING THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY AND ELECTORAL COLLEGE ELECTIONS IN DIFFERENT YEARS.
HE ALSO SAID THE TERM OF OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS AND THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO FOUR YEARS.
DISTRICT BOARDS, THE SHOULD BE LENGTHENED
SOHMEN SPEAKS AGAINST DIRECT ELECTIONS
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NEVER BEFORE IN HONG KONG HAVE SO MANY SAID SO MUCH TO EXPRESS 80 LITTLE TO SO FEW, THE HON HELMUT SOHMEN TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (THURSDAY).
FOR THE
SPEAKING ON THE MOTION ON THE GREEN PAPER, MR SOHMEN SAID IF THE QUESTION OF CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM WAS NOT SERIOUSLY IMPORTANT ALL OF US, ONE MIGHT BE TEMPTED TO BE AMUSED BY SOME OF "CONVOLUTED REASONING BEING APPLIED BY ALL SIDES TO IMPRESS THE GULLIBLE".
"THE NAIVE ASSERTIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT GOVERNMENT WOULD LOSE ALL CREDIBILITY AND THAT HONG KONG'S FUTURE WILL BE IMPERILLED IF WE DO NOT ACCEPT MORE RADICAL CHANGE AT AN EARLY STAGE ARE AS MISLEADING AS THE ARGUMENTS THAT ONLY DIRECT ELECTIONS MEAN DEMOCRACY, OR THAT THE JOINT DECLARATION'S REFERENCE TO AN ELECTED' LEGISLATURE COULD ONLY HAVE MEANT DIRECT ELECTIONS, HE SAID.
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NOT
"IT THIS WAS THE CASE, THEN WHY DID THE JOINT DECLARATION SAY SO AND WHY IS THERE AN ARGUMENT ABOUT INTERPRETATION BETWEEN THE BRITISH AND CHINESE GOVERNMENTS?
INTO
"WHERE IS THE *PRESSING SOCIAL MENTIONED AS A REASON FOR RUSHING REALLY ARE THE SERIOUS DEFICIENCIES OF THE TANGIBLE ADVANTAGES OF THE NEW ONE?
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NEED * NOW SO FREQUENTLY FURTHER REFORMS, AND WHAT PRESENT SYSTEM, AND THE
"WHICH GUARANTEES
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