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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1988

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"THE PROPOSED BROAD-BASED ELECTORAL PRACTICАТ. Актр

~TIVE VEHICLE TO ENSURE BALANCED LEGISLATURE IN THE FUTURE, HE SAID.

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COLLEGE WILL BE A THAT WE WILL HAVE

HE THEREFORE ASKED THE GOVERNMENT TO SCRUTINISE THE IDEA MORE

CLOSELY,

TIME FOR PEOPLE TO WORK TOGETHER

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PEOPLE SHOULD WORK TOGETHER IN A CONCERTED EFFORT TO BUILD UP A BETTER HONG KONG, THE HON STEPHEN CHEONG SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

TO DWELL ON ONE OR TWO ISSUES WOULD NOT BE HELPFUL AND MIGHT INSTEAD LEAD TO ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES, HE SAID DURING THE DEBATE ON THE WHITE PAPER ON REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.

INSTEAD, PEOPLE SHOULD CO-OPERATE IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN STABILITY AND PROSPERITY DURING THE TRANSITION PERIOD AS WELL AS FOR THE FUTURE AND THE WELL-BEING OF THE MAJORITY OF HONG KONG PEOPLE WOULD STAY BEHIND AFTER 1997.

"I LOVE HONG KONG AND HOPE THAT ALL HONG KONG PEOPLE AND WORK IN HARMONY IN A STABLE ENVIRONMENT FOREVER, WITH STANDARD OF LIVING AND IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE," HE ADDED.

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CAN LIVE

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MR CHEONG SAID THAT LED BY THE GOVERNMENT, THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG HAD BEEN LIVING AND WORKING IN A PEACEFUL AND PROSPEROUS SOCIETY.

HOWEVER, THE

"OUR SOCIETY IS, OF COURSE, NOT WITHOUT FLAWS. GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN AND IS TRYING HARD TO OVERCOME THE SHORTCOMINGS AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS, HE SAID,

EVERYONE, EXCEPT A FEW, RECOGNISED AND ACKNOWLEDGED ENDEAVOURS OF THE GOVERNMENT.

THE

IN THE LONGER TERM, PEOPLE MIGHT BE CONCERNED THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT MIGHT REVERT FROM THE PRESENT OPEN POLICY TO THE PREVIOUS CLOSED DOOR POLICY. QUITE A NUMBER OF HONG KONG PEOPLE THEREFORE CHOSE TO EMIGRATE IF THEY COULD AFFORD TO DO SO.

MR CHEONG WISHED THESE PEOPLE ALL THE BEST BUT BELIEVED THAT THE MAJORITY OF HONG KONG PEOPLE COULD NOT AFFORD TO EMIGRATE.

HE ALSO TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO DECLARE THAT HE DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EMIGRATE BUT WOULD NEVER MAKE SUCH A CHOICE.

"I WILL