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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1987

POLITICAL CHANGES SHOULD CONFORM WITH MAJORITY WISH

THE OUTCOME OF THE GOVERNMENT'S ASSESSMENT OF THE SURVEY OFFICE REPORT SHOULD CONFORM WITH THE MAJORITY WISHES OF THE

PEOPLE, ACCORD WITH THE SPIRIT AS WELL AS THE LETTER OF OTHER OBLIGATIONS, AND SHOULD BE IN LINE WITH THE OVERALL INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, THE HON CHENG HON-KWAN SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IF ANY

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MR CHENG SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S TASK NOW WAS TO ASSESS ALL THE POINTS OF

AND

WORK OUT WHAT CHANGES

SHOULD BE MADE IN 1988.

"LIKE THE SURVEY ITSELF, IT IS A DIFFICULT TASK, AND CAN NEED ALL THE GOODWILL, CO-OPERATION AND WISDOM WHICH WE HE SAID.

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MAJORITY NOTING THAT THE REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT WERE IN FAVOUR OF DIRECT ELELCTIONS, BUT FELT THAT 1988 WAS TOO SOON, MR CHENG EMPHASISED THAT THIS CONSIDERED

WITH OTHERS OPINION, TOGETHER

EXPRESSED

RESPECTED.

OUR "IT IS NOT

BUSINESS

THE IN

SURVEY, MUST BE

TO

TO

QUESTION THE RESULTS OF THIS

DISPUTE THE

TO METHODS USED

EXERCISE; NOR DO I SEE ANY REASON OBTAIN THE VIEWS OF THE PEOPLE.

THE

"INDEED, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE SURVEY OFFICE ON WAY IN WHICH IT HAS COLLECTED AND COLLATED THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF OPINIONS, IT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN AN EASY TASK, MR CHENG SAID.

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HE ALSO EXPRESSED APPRECIATION OF THE ROLE PLAYED BY THE TWO INDEPENDENT MONITORS AND NOTED THAT THE OFFICER HAD COMMISSIONED SPECIALISTS TO CONDUCT TWO RANDOM PUBLIC OPINION SURVEYS TO OBTAIN OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE COMMUNITY'S VIEWS.

AN

MR CHENG SAID THAT TO HIM, IT SEEMED CLEAR THAT THE PEOPLE WERE IN AGREEMENT WITH THE VIEW

OP THAT THE DEVELOPMENT REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE EVOLUTIONARY REVOLUTIONARY.

AND NOT

IN

"THE RESPONSE TO THE SURVEY DEMONSTRATES THE PEOPLE'S FAITH THE GOVERNMENT AND IN THE PROCESS OF PUBLIC CONSULTATION

OTHERWISE HE OBSERVED. THEY WOULD NOT HAVE BOTHERED TO TAKE PART IN THE SURVEY,"

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ON THE PACE OF DEVELOPMENT IN REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, MR CHENG HELD FAST TO THE DEBATE LAST JULY.

VIEWS HE

EXPRESSED

THE IN

GREEN PAPER

/HE MAINTAINED