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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1987

RVEN

ESSENTIALLY

HOWEVER, HE SAID WE HAD TO ACCEPT THAT SOME PEOPLE WOULD NEVER

WOULD AND BE SATISFIED UNTIL THEY GOT EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANTED, USE THE CLOCK OF DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES TO COVER UP THEIR UNDEMOCRATIC BEHAVIOURS.

VISION OR

"HONG KONG CANNOT AFFORD POLITICAL LEADERS WITHOUT

RESPONSIBILITY WITHOUT A SENSE OF

FOR THE CONCERNS OF THE WHOLE

OWN LITTLE COMMUNITY AND NOT JUST THOSE OF THEIR

CAN GROUP. WE

WITHOUT FRIVOLITY.

OWN

"WHAT WE NEED ARE PEOPLE WITH COMMITMENT THAT IS TEMPERED BY

AND LIMITATIONS, SENSE OF PERSPECTIVE, A KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR APPRECIATION OF ACHIEVABLE REALITY."

DO

A

AN

QUIETLY AT

KONG FORTUNATELY, DR SOHMEN ADDED, SUCH PEOPLE EXISTED IN HONG

WORK IN HELPING ΤΟ SHAPE OUR

AT ALL LEVELS AND WERE PRESENT AND OUR FUTURE.

"I AM ENCOURAGED BY THEIR DEDICATION AND

THEY, AND NOT ULTIMATELY

THOSE NOW SHOUTING 30 UNCONVINCINGLY, WILL

THIS TERRITORY THROUGH PERIOD AND BEYOND.

*T

CARRY

CONVINCED THAT LOUDLY BUT 90 THE TRANSITION

SILENT MAJORITY SATISFIED WITH STATUS QUO

STATUS

HONG KONG PEOPLE'S SILENCE TOWARDS THE GREEN PAPER COULD BK TAKEN AS A STRONG INDICATION THAT THEY WERE SATISFIED WITH THE QUO AND DID NOT WANT TO RISK ANY HASTY

UNNECESSARY HON EDWARD HO SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

AND

CHANGE,

THE

SURVEYS

HE FOUND IT A PITY THAT DESIGNERS OF PUBLIC OPINION DID NOT PURSUE WHY PEOPLE DID NOT HAVE ANY OPINION IN REGARD TO THE GREEN PAPER.

FORM HE FELT THAT "NO OPINION" IN ITSELF COULD BE TREATED AS A OF OPINION, AND IT SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN THE EVALUATION OF THE SURVEY REPORT.

HO

THE LACK OF INFORMATION ON WHY SUCH A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE

MR MEANT, HAD NO COMMENT LEFT THE TASK OF INTERPRETING WHAT THEY SAID.

"ARE THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG SO INDIFFERENT TO POLITICS?

"ARE THEY 80 SATISFIED WITH THE PRESENT NOT FEEL THE NEED TO VOICE THEIR VIEWS?

SYSTEM THAT THEY DO

/"OR ALTHOUGH