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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1988

CS: AN EVOLVING SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT THAT COMMANDS CONFIDENCE

THE CHIEF SECRETARY,

SIR

DAVID

THAT

IT

WHICH COULD

CONTINUE

FORD. WAS THE WAS WHICH

BOTH EVOLVE TO

TOLD

THE GOVERNMENT'S

LEGISLATIVE AIM

ΤΟ

AND

TODAY COUNCIL

(WEDNESDAY) MAINTAIN A SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT

AND RESPONSIVE, COMMANDED THE FULL CONFIDENCE OF HONG KONG PEOPLE.

WHITE

EFFECTIVE IN A WAY THAT

OF

"THE DEVELOPMENT SIR DAVID SAID: "THIS то THE NEXT STEPS IN THE

ON PAPER IN TABLING THE REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT: THE WAY FORWARD", WHITE PAPER CONTAINS A CLEAR COMMITMENT DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH A SYSTEM.

BRING HONG KONG'S JOINT IN

THE

HE SAID FURTHER CHANGES WOULD BE NEEDED TO

THAT DESCRIBED INTO SYSTEM

LINE

WITH

POLITICAL DECLARATION AND WITH THE PROVISIONS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE BASIC LAW.

"I HAVE STRESSED BEYOND 1997 AND THE NEED TO WHICH WE CURRENTLY ENJOY AND DECLARATION," HE SAID.

THE

FOR IMPORTANCE

THE MAINTAIN

HIGH

WHICH

PROVIDED 15

ΤΟ UP

AND CONTINUITY

OF DEGREE

AUTONOMY FOR IN THE JOINT

"THE STEPS TO BE TAKEN FULLY REFLECT THE PLACE UPON THESE TWO PRINCIPLES.

IMPORTANCE

WHICH

WE

**

SIR DAVID SAID THE TITLE OF THE WHITE PAPER HAD WITH GREAT CARE.

BEEN SELECTED

OF WHITE PAPER WAS ΤΟ CHART THE COURSE THE PURPOSE OF THE

BETWEEN NOW AND 1991, THE DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT ADOPTING THE GRADUAL APPROACH WHICH HAD SERVED BUILDING ON THE FIRM BASIS OF THE EXISTING GOVERNMENT.

HONG KONG WELL, AND THREE TIER STRUCTURE OF

"THE DECISIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN TAKEN IN THE TAKEN FULL ACCOUNT OF PUBLIC OPINION WHICH HAS BEEN THE 1987 REVIEW.

WHITE PAPER HAVE EXPRESSED DURING

FACTOR IN HOW THE

"INDEED, PUBLIC OPINION HAS BEEN THE MOST IMPORTANT THE MINDS OF MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL WHEN DECIDING SYSTEM OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE DEVELOPED IN HONG KONG, HE SAID.

I BELIEVE THAT IT PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.

BE WILL

WELCOMED AND

SUPPORTED

BY THE

THE

LEGISLATIVE

COUNCIL

ELECTED SEATS WOULD

OF

COMPOSITION THE SIR DAVID SAID WOULD REMAIN UNCHANGED IN 1988, BUT 10 DIRECTLY BE INTRODUCED INTO THE COUNCIL IN 1991.

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