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THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1988

HE URGED THAT THOSE PEOPLE THINK ALSO OF THE DAMAGE THEY MIGHT BE CAUSING.

"POLITICS HAS ALWAYS BEEN, AT MOST, AN INSIGNIFICANT PART OF HONG KONG PEOPLE'S LIVES, PLEASE LET HONG KONG STAY PEACEFUL. PLEASE LET HONG KONG LIVE, HE SAID.

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CONSTITUENCY CHANGE A NATURAL DEVELOPMENT

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THE CHANGE FROM THE SYSTEM OF INDIRECT TO DIRECT ELECTIONS BASED ON GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTITUENCIES IS A NATURAL AND PROGRESSIVE

REITERATED IN DEVELOPMENT, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (THURSDAY).

THE

THE

"THE CHANGE IS ALSO ENTIRELY CONSISTENT WITH RATIONALISATION THAT WE ARE SEEKING TO BRING ABOUT TO THE THREE-TIER STRUCTURE OF OUR SYSTEM OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, SIR DAVID SAID DURING THE DEBATE ON THE WHITE PAPER ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.

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THE CHIEF SECRETARY WAS SPEAKING AGAINST AN AMENDMENT, DEBATE THAT THE PROPOSED BY THE HON SEZTO WAH, TO THE MOTION UNDER COUNCIL "TAKE NOTE OF THE PLANS AND INTENTIONS CONTAINED IN THE PAPER".

THE AMENDMENT WAS DEFEATED BY VOICE VOTE.

WHITE

GEOGRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION

"TO HAVE TWO PARALLEL SYSTEMS OF IN THE CENTRAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT, WITH MEMBERS ELECTED BY BOTH DIRECT AND INDIRECT METHODS, IS NOT ONLY UNNECESSARY BUT TO BE PROBLEMATIC, SIR DAVID SAID.

ALSO LIKELY

BOTH

"IT COULD, FOR INSTANCE, GIVE RISE TO INVIDIOUS COMPARISONS BETWEEN THE REPRESENTATIVE STATUS OF THE TWO GROUPS OF MEMBERS: ARE SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT THE RESIDENTS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE

CLAIM

BE MORE

CONSTITUENCIES, REPRESENTATIVE THAN THE OTHER.'

BUT EACH

WILL

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PROBABLY

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/SIR DAVID

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