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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1987

CHOW SAID SINCE

THE COMMUNITY

HOWEVER, MRS

HAD COMMITTED ITSELF TO DIRECT ELECTION IN THE LONG TERM, THE SOONER WE STARTED OFF, THE MORE GRADUAL WOULD BE THE PROCESS.

TIME IN

THE

"WE CANNOT AFFORD TO WASTE VALUABLE

PROCRASTINATION. WE MUST USE THE LIMITED TIME TO HONG KONG'S ADVANTAGE BY LEARNING

GOVERNMENT SKILFULLY ROPES OF HOW WE CAN BUILD A MORE REPRESENTATIVE AND RESPONSIVELY."

SURVEY REPORT IS SCIENTIFIC AND ACCEPTABLE

IN 1988 IS ACCEPTABLE THE SURVEY REPORT ON DIRECT ELECTIONS

MOST EXTENSIVE, MOST BECAUSE IT IS

BEST-PUBLICISED, THE LARGEST,

ALL SURVEYS PROLONGED, RELATIVELY LESS BIASED AND MORE SCIENTIFIC OF DONE TO OBTAIN VIEWS ON POLITICAL REFORM.

THIS WAS STATED BY DR THE HON HENRIETTA IP IN COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THE LEGISLATIVE

DISMISSING

CLAIMS THAT THE

POINTED

MANIPULATED THE RESULTS, DR IP CLOSELY THE MANY TABLES, ONE WOULD BEGIN TO SEE A TREND IN THAT, OR CLOSELY SIMILAR OFTEN THAN NOT, THE HIGHEST-RANKING CHOICE REMAINED THE SAME IRRESPECTIVE OF WHICH CATEGORY OF SUBMISSIONS BELONGED. THE ONLY DEVIATIONS FROM THIS TREND WERE WHERE CONFLICTS INTEREST EXISTED WITH THAT CATEGORY OF RESPONDENTS.

GOVERNMENT

OUT

HAD IN SOME WAYS

IF THAT.

ONE FOLLOWED

MORE

ONES

THEY

OF

REPORT, "IF WE DO NOT ACCEPT THE RESULT OF THE SURVEY

SUBMITTED FAITHFULLY NOT GIVING DUE RESPECT TO THOSE WHO

DR IP ADDED. VIEWS AND THOSE WHOM WE PURPORT TO REPRESENT,

HAD

WE ARE THEIR

SHE ALSO ASKED THAT THE SILENT MAJORITY BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.

HAVE FAITH IN THE "THEY ARE SILENT BECAUSE THEY CONTINUE TO

PROPOSAL OF PRESENT GOVERNMENT, IN THEIR ADMINISTRATION AND IN THEIR

IN ENSURING THE PROSPERITY OR OTHERWISE CHANGES WHETHER POLITICAL AND STABILITY OF HONG KONG.

HONG

BE FOR

FOUR

NOT BELIEVE IN DIRECT ELECTIONS FOR DR IP PERSONALLY DID KONG AND WAS CONVINCED THAT THE LEGISLATIVE TERM SHOULD YEARS.

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