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FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1988

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MOTION BY MR MARTIN LEE RULED OUT OF ORDER

THE PRESIDENT OF THE

COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE

HAS

RULED OUT OF

ON

ORDER A MOTION PUT DOWN BY MR MARTIN LEE FOR DEBATE IN THE COUNCIL MARCH 9, 1988.

THE

"THIS DETAILED

COUNCIL REGRETS THE MOTION WAS IN THE FOLLOWING TERMS:

THE

AND TO ANSWER

COGENT GOVERNMENT'S FAILURE

THE INVALIDITY OF THE CRITICISMS MADE IN PUBLIC WHICH DEMONSTRATED

MCNAIR FINDINGS OF THE TWO SURVEYS OF PUBLIC OPINION CONDUCTED BY AGB

OF WHETHER OR HK LTD ON BEHALF OF THE SURVEY OFFICE ON THE QUESTION

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL NOT DIRECT ELECTIONS SHOULD BE INTRODUCED TO THE

29, 1987), IN 1988 (PUBLISHED IN THE SURVEY OFFICE REPORT ON OCTOBER

ANSWER THESE CRITICISMS IN AND ACCORDINGLY URGES THE GOVERNMENT TO

DECISION OF NOT DETAIL BEFORE THIS COUNCIL DEBATES THE GOVERNMENT'S INTRODUCING DIRECT ELECTIONS IN 1988, AS ANNOUNCED IN PARAGRAPH 28 THE WHITE PAPER PUBLISHED ON 10 FEBRUARY 1988.'

THE CLERK OF COUNCILS, MR ALISTAIR LANG,

++

EXPLAINED

THE

OF

THIS BY

DECISION,

MOTION

TARTRAY

INTO ACCOUNT TOOK

THE

FACT

MR LEE'S

DECISION HAD BEEN TAKEN BY THE PRESIDENT UNDER AUTHORITY CONFERRED LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL STANDING ORDER 22(2)(C). IN TAKING THE PRESIDENT ANTICIPATES A DEBATE BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON MARCH WHEN THERE WOULD BE FULL OPPORTUNITY TO AIR MOTION PUT DOWN BY MR LEE.

16 AND

17,

ALL THE POINTS IN THE

"ANTICIPATING THAT DEBATE WOULD BE A MISUSE

TIME," SAID MR LANG.

OF THE COUNCIL'S

LOCALISATION OF LEGISLATION ESSENTIAL

THE LOCALISATION OF

DERIVED FROM THE THE CONSTITUTIONAL

LEGISLATION PRESENTLY то GIVE EFFECT TO UNITED KINGDOM IS ESSENTIAL CHANGES MENTIONED IN THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION.

MR MICHARL THIS WAS SAID BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, CHICAGO TODAY (FRIDAY, CHICAGO TIME) AFTER ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE FOR A DRUG FREE AMERICA IN WASHINGTON,

ADDRESSING A LUNCH MEETING JOINTLY

IN

THOMAS, WHITE HOUSE

HOSTED BY THE HONG KONG

BAR ASSOCIATION, LEGAL CHANGES THAT WERE

BUSINESS ASSOCIATION OF THE MIDWEST AND THE CHICAGO MR THOMAS EXPLAINED TO

HIS AUDIENCE THE

REQUIRED FOR A SMOOTH TRANSITION.

/"BY 1997