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DUNN WINDS UP DEBATE

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THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1987

IN WINDING UP THE TWO-DAY DEBATE ON THE GREEN PAPER IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (THURSDAY), THE SENIOR MEMBER, THE HON LYDIA DUNN, EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT MEMBERS, BY TAKING PART IN THE DEBATE, HAD STIMULATED THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG TO SPEAK UP ON THE OPTIONS.

SHE SAID THE FACT THAT ALL 45 MEMBERS WHO WERE IN HONG KONG HAD SPOKEN IN THE DEBATE WAS AN INDICATION OF THE IMPORTANCE THEY ATTACHED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN THE TERRITORY.

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"I HOPE THAT THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THIS COUNCIL WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE CONSULTATION EXERCISE NOW TAKING PLACE, SHE SAID.

THERE IS MUCH TO BE WORKED OUT AND ACCOMPLISHED IN THE YEARS AHEAD, SHE ADDED.

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MISS DUNN CONCLUDED HER SPEECH BY REPEATING WHAT SHE IN THE DEBATE ON THE 1984 WHITE PAPER:

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"AS WE CONSIDER THE POLITICAL CHANGE ENVISAGED IN THE SINO-BRITISH AGREEMENT AND AS WE EMBARK UPON THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN HONG KONG, WE SHOULD SEEK ΤΟ ENSURE THAT THIS NEW PHASE IN OUR HISTORY DOES NOT INVOLVE A SHARP BREAK WITH THE PAST. THAT IS TO SAY, WHATEVER MAY BE THE ULTIMATE FORM AND STRUCTURE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG, WE MUST PRESERVE THE HONG KONG STYLE AND THE HONG KONG SYSTEM INTACT.

STEP BY STEP APPROACH TOWARDS CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE

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THE HON ALLEN LEE SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) HE PREFERRED A STEP-BY-STEP APPROACH TOWARDS CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

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SPEAKING ON THE MOTION ON THE GREEN PAPER, MR LEE SAID OF INTRODUCING A LARGE NUMBER OF DIRECTLY ELECTED MEMBERS IN 1992, WHY NOT START BY INTRODUCING FIRST IN 1988 A SMALLER NUMBER.

"THIS COULD BE DONE BY REPLACING SHALL THEN HAVE A CHANCE TO LEARN FROM INTO A MUCH ENLARGED LEGISLATURE IN 1992,

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MR LEE SAID WHEN HE SPOKE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL JANUARY 9, 1985, HE HAD ALREADY MADE IT KNOWN THAT IN PRINCIPLE, HE WAS IN FAVOUR AND IN SUPPORT OF THE INTRODUCTION OF DIRECT ELECTION TO THE LEGISLATURE IN 1988.

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