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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1988

NOTED.

THE INTENTION AND

CONCEPT BEHIND THESE OBJECTIVES WERE KONG TODAY, LINE WITH THE NEEDS AND ACTUAL CIRCUMSTANCES OF HONG

IN

HE

SYSTEM,

KONG

SHARED

THE BE

MR YEUNG SAID THAT IN DEVELOPING HONG KONG'S POLITICAL

BRITAIN AND HONG

A

INTEREST IN CHINA,

COMMON POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS, AND THAT A GRADUAL EVOLUTION WOULD

A

MOVE CAUTIOUS

WHICH WOULD WIDELY WELCOMED AS

ENHANCE PEOPLE'S

CONFIDENCE.

"WHAT HONG KONG NEEDS NOW IS A 'RATIONAL MAINSTREAM'

HE SAID. THINGS INTO CONFORMITY WITH REASON,

+

TO BRING

DIRECT ON DIRECT ELECTIONS, MR YEUNG SAID THAT THE ADOPTION OF

AND THAT THE WHITE PAPER HAD ELECTIONS WAS A HISTORICAL DECISION

IN DIRECT ELECTIONS

1991 AFTER TAKING INTO CHOSEN TO IMPLEMENT ACCOUNT THE ACTUAL SITUATION DURING THE TRANSITION PERIOD.

IF FUTURE "WITH DIRECT ELECTIONS BEING INTRODUCED IN 1991 AND

THE PUBLIC AND IS WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT MEETS THE ASPIRATION OF

LAW,

ISSUR THE

OF SMOOTH

AND PROVISIONS OF THE BASIC

TRANSITION SO MUCH PUBLIC CONCERN WILL BE SMOOTH TRANSFER WHICH HAVE CAUSED EASILY RESOLVED, HE ADDED.

ALTHOUG11 THE WHITE *PAPER HOWEVER, MR YEUNG POINTED OUT THAT

1991, HAD ALREADY STATED THAT DIRECT ELECTIONS WOULD BE INTRODUCED IN

AND ELECTIONS

THE DETAILS OF THE ELECTION THE METHODS OF DIRECT SYSTEM ITSELF HAD NOT YET BEEN CLEARLY DEFINED.

IT SHOULD PROMPTLY WORK "THE ONUS LIES WITH THE GOVERNMENT.

ELECTIONS TO BE

IMPLEMENTED IN OUT A DETAILED PROGRAMME OF DIRECT

ΤΟ ENSURE THAT 1991 AND ELUCIDATE ITS METHODS OF INTRODUCTION SO AS

FULLY DEMOCRATIC DIRECTLY ELECTED CANDIDATES CAN BE RETURNED UNDER A SYSTEM," HE SAID.

CONSIDERATION

THE

SHOULD ALSO BE GIVEN BY

TO GOVERNMENT

AFTER 1991 INCREASING THE NUMBER OF DIRECTLY ELECTED SEATS BY PHASES

IN GROOMING POTENTIAL CANDIDATES ΤΟ AND TO STRENGTHEN ITS EFFORTS PARTICIPATE IN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICAL AFFAIRS, HE ADDED.

HONG RONG HAD THREE OF DIRECT ELECTIONS

MR YEUNG SAID THAT FROM NOW UNTIL 1991, YEARS TO GET ITSELF ACQUAINTED WITH THE CONCEPT AND TO LOOK FOR THE RIGHT CANDIDATES TO FILL THE SEATS.

"ONLY IN THIS WAY CAN

THE

REAL

DIRECT MEANING OF

ELECTIONS

BE BROUGHT INTO FULL PLAY," HE SAID.

THAT IIISTORY WAS ITSELF AN ONGOING LASTLY, MR YEUNG NOTED PROCESS AND POLITICS WAS A MATTER OF COMPROMISE.

HE ADVISED THAT WE MUST THEREFORE FACE THE REALITY AND TAKE POSITIVE ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE FUTURE.

A

"BY TAKING