XN000022-1988-03-16 — Page 9

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1988

ELECTIONS, "COMPARED WITH THE ISSUE OF DIRECT DIRECTLY ELECTED SEATS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IS MUCH LESSER SIGNIFICANCE, HE SAID.

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DR HO NOTED THAT DIRECT ELECTION WAS A MUCH PREFERRED FORM OF ELECTION THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTORAL COLLEGE.

OF

THE NUMBER A CHANGE OF A

TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO INDIRECT ELECTION THROUGH

ELEMENTS WERE INCREASED AS LIKE

A TO SEE

SEAT TO BR FROM BACH OF THE 19 DISTRICT

HOWEVER, AS THE DIRECTLY ELECTED

WOULD HE 1997, HONG KONG APPROACHED RETURNED TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BOARDS.

FIRM DR HO SAID NOW THAT THE WHITE PAPER WAS PUBLISHED, WITH A

SERVE NO GOVERNMENT COMMITMENT TO DIRECT ELECTIONS IN 1991, IT WOULD

AND MOBILISK PLANS ITS ON PURPOSE ΤΟ USEFUL

CRITICISING KEEP OPPOSITION TO DISCREDIT THESE PLANS.

IF WE, DIFFERENT THE PROMISES DIRECT ELECTIONS WORK

"RATHER, IT WOULD BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF HONG KONG

AND

PUT

OUR ASIDE BACKGROUND, REGARDLESS OF IDEOLOGIES VIEWS AND JOIN TOGETHER OUR HEART AND HEAD TO TRANSLATE IN THE WHITE PAPER INTO REALITIES AND TO MAKE IN 1991," HE SAID.

SPAN OF TIME IN NOTING THAT A THREE-YEAR PERIOD WAS A SHORT

"LET US START WORKING TERMS OF POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT, DR HO URGED:

CONDUCIVE ATMOSPHERE TERRITORY-WIDE TOGETHER NOW TO BUILD UP A MORE ENTHUSIASTIC PARTICIPATION AND A HIGH VOTER TURNOUT RATE.

"LET US ALSO BE VIGILANT IN MONITORING THE FORTHCOMING DRAFT BASIC LAW TO SEE IF THEY INTENTION AND SPIRIT OF THE JOINT DECLARATION.

WILL

THE

TO

PROVISIONS IN THE ARE CONSISTENT WITH

THE

OF ALL SECTORS OF STEER STEADILY

AND

STABILITY

AND

"IT IS THIS UNITY OF STRENGTH AND PURPOSE ENABLE HONG KONG TO THE COMMUNITY THAT

MAINTAINING TRANSITION, WHILE SMOOTHLY THROUGH PROSPERITY AT THIS CRUCIAL MOMENT IN OUR HISTORY,"

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