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THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1987

SPIRIT OF

"THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE SHOULD NOT PUT OUR VIEWS FORWARD AND ARGUE OUR CASE. BUT I SUGGEST THIS SHOULD BE DONE IN A MUTUAL TRUST, MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND MUTUAL RESPECT."

MR

LEE SAID

THE

FORMATION.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WAS

UNIQUE

IN

ITS

MEETINGS MIGHT BE GETTING MIGHT DIFFER,

LONGER,

BUT

THE

HE SAID ALTHOUGH THE DISCUSSIONS ON ISSUES MORE LENGTHY AND VIEWS COUNCIL TODAY WAS BETTER THAN EVER BEFORE.

TO DEVELOP, HE HOWEVER, HE SAID AS HONG KONG CONTINUED THERE WAS STILL AN ELEMENT MISSING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

"IT IS THE ELEMENT OF TRUE REPRESENTATIVENESS OF THE PEOPLE HONG KONG AND I HOPE TO SEE THIS HAPPEN IN THE NEAR FUTURE,

FELT

OF

HE SAID.

0

DRASTIC CHANGES NOT FAVOURED

THE

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY DR THE HON CHIU HIN-KWONG TOLD THE

WAS HE (THURSDAY) THAT

STRONG AGAINST ANY ABRUPT CHANGE IN POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SYSTEMS OF HONG KONG.

DR CHIU SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE MOTION ON THE GREEN PAPER,

IN THOSE AREAS SAID THE REASON WAS THAT ANY DRASTIC OR MAJOR CHANGE

THE PROSPERITY DURING THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD WOULD BE DISRUPTIVE TO AND STABILITY OF THE TERRITORY.

BUT HE MAINTAINED THAT TO HAVE A REASONABLE PERCENTAGE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SEAT PRODUCED FROM DIRECT ELECTION SHOULD INTERPRETED AS DRASTIC.

HEADING

OF THE NOT BE

TOWARDS

"IT IS JUST A NATURAL AND LOGICAL DEVELOPMENT A MORE OPEN, A MORE ACCOUNTABLE AND A MORE REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, HE SAID.

LEGISLATURE

A SOLID GUARANTEE EXISTING POLITICAL SYSTEM

HE NOTED THAT SOME PEOPLE REGARDED THIS AS

IN THE THAT AN ACCOUNTABLE WOULD BE CARRIED OVER TO 1997 AND BEYOND.

"DEEP DOWN

IN

THEY ELECTION,

THEIR HEART,

TEND TO BELIEVE THAT A

OF DIRECT

ΤΟ REASONABLE ELEMENT

A LARGE EXTENT CONSOLIDATES 'ONE COUNTRY TWO SYSTEMS' WHICH HAS BEEN PROMISED TO US,

"

HE SAID.

/DR CHIU