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THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1988

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AND WE SHOULD ALL "NO POLITICAL MOVE CAN SATISFY EVERYBODY, PURSUE DEMOCRACY BY RESPECTING THE PRINCIPLE OF MAJORITY RULE.

"NOISE, AFTER ALL, DOES NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT THE VOICE THE SILENT MAJORITY, PROF POON SAID.

It

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OF

DIRECT ELECTIONS HE WELCOMED

ON THE BASIS OF SINGLE-SEAT ONE GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTITUENCIES, AND THE 10 DIRECTLY ELECTED SEATS

REPLACING THE ЅВАТЯ FROM EACH OF 10 DISTRICT-BASED CONSTITUENCIES CURRENTLY FILLED BY ELECTORAL COLLEGES FROM 1991 ONWARD.

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HAVE BOTH DIRECTLY ELECTED "THERE REALLY IS NO NEED TO INDIRECTLY

LEGISLATIVE ELECTED

COUNCILLORS COMING DISTRICT OR GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTITUENCY," HE SAID.

FROM

THE

AND SAME

то

AND REVIEW "HOWEVER, AFTER WE HAVE A CHANCE OUTCOME OF THE BASIC LAW, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE NUMBER ELECTED SEATS GRADUALLY INCREASED AS WE MOVE TOWARDS 1997.

REFLECT THE OF DIRECTLY

H

KUK ON FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES, PROF POON SAID THE HBUNG YEE

ROLE IN AS A BODY HAD PLAYED A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT AND PERHAPS UNIQUE HONG KONG AND THAT ITS CONTINUOUS INVOLVEMENT IN WAS DESIRABLE.

SHAPING THE FUTURE

A

ΤΟ PROVIDE THOUGH HE HAD RESERVATION ON WHETHER IT WAS PROPER THE KUK WITH A SEAT IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BY CLASSIFYING IT AS

THAT IT WAS REASONABLE TO HAVE THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY, HE FELT KUK REPRESENTED IN THE COUNCIL.

HE RECOMMENDED THAT THE GOVERNMENT

SHOULD FURTHER STUDY THE

MATTER.

FACILITATE THE PROF POON ALSO SAID HE AGREED THAT IN ORDER TO

APPOINT BUSINESS IN THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNOR MIGHT FROM TIME TO TIME

THE BUSINESS TO BE DIFFERENT OFFICIALS TO THE COUNCIL ACCORDING TO CONDUCTED DURING THE SESSION AND THE POLICY EXPERTISE REQUIRED.

MORE

EMPHASISED HE

THAT IT WAS TIME

CREATING TO BEGIN

BY STRENGTHENING POLITICALLY CONSCIOUS AND POLITICALLY MATURE VOTERS

MORE POLITICAL LEADERS BY GROOMING CIVIC EDUCATION AND TO NURTURE THOSE INTERESTED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOR DIRECT ELECTIONS IN 1991.

IN

HIS SPEECH,

PROF POON

SAID

LIKE THAT,

SOME OF HIS BY PEOPLE OVERSEAS COLLEAGUES IN THE COUNCIL, HE TOO HAD BEEN ASKED WHETHER HONG KONG WAS STILL A SAFE PLACE TO VISIT AND TO INVEST IN.

CONTINUE THEIR

OUT-OF-CONTEXT,

HE SAID: "IF SOME POLITICIANS OVER-DRAMATISED CRITICISM; IF THE VERY SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE TO DEMONSTRATE AND BURN THE WHITE PAPER; AND IF SOME

THE ACTS OF TO EMPHASISE THE DRAMATIC

500

CONTINUE

MEDIA CONTINUE ODD DEMONSTRATORS BUT LIVELIHOOD OF FIVE MILLION VERY SUCCESSFUL IN SCARING

CHOOSE TO IGNORE THE SILENT PURSUIT FOR TRANQUILITY LOVING PEOPLE, THEY WILL BE AWAY FOREIGN INVESTORS, TRADERS AND VISITORS.

H

/HE URGED