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THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1988

THE

MORE

"I BELIEVE IT CAN BE CLAIMED THAT

CHAMBER, THAN ANY OTHER TRADE OR INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATION,

IIONG KONG BUSINESS AND REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL. SECTORS OF ALSO THAT LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS AND VIEWS ARE BALANCED," HE SAID.

PERHAPS IS FULLY

INDUSTRY, QUITE WELL

AND WAS ABOUT

THE CHAMBER'S SURVEY ATTRACTED A GOOD RESPONSE EVENLY DIVIDED BETWEEN CHINESE AND NON-CHINESE RESPONDENTS.

CENT EIGHTY PER

OF THE RESPONDENTS

ALTHOUGH A

SUPPORTED THE

GENERAL

CONCEPT OF DIRECT ELECTIONS

MAJORITY THOUGHT THAT THE WORDS INTRODUCTION OF THESE SHOULD WAIT UNTIL 1991 OR AFTER, IN OTHER AFTER THE BASIC LAW WAS PROMULGATED.

CLEAR THAT, OF GOVERNING FAVOUR OF A OF THE WAY

"FROM ALL THE OTHER RESULTS OF THE SURVEY, IT WAS WHILE CHAMBER MEMBERS AGREED THAT CHANGES IN THE SYSTEM HONG KONG AFFAIRS ARE NECESSARY, THEY WERE STRONGLY GRADUAL AND PRAGMATIC PACE OF CHANGE, TESTING EACH AND ADJUSTING TO NEW CIRCUMSTANCES AS NECESSARY," HE SAID.

IN STEP

THE

"THE CHAMBER VOTED HIGHLY

ECONOMIC, SUCCESSFUL SYSTEM WHICH HAS SERVED HONG KONG SO WHEN CHANGE IS NECESSARY BUT NOT CHANGE FOR THE SAKE OF CHANGE.'

IN STRENGTH FOR A CONTINUATION OF

AND TRADE, INDUSTRIAL

ADMINISTRATIVE WELL. IN OTHER

WORDS, CHANGE

HONG KONG

COUNCILLORS WHO WERE PEOPLE

MR CLYDESDALE SAID HE DID NOT AGREE WITH SOME

THE GREAT

OF MAJORITY HAD SUGGESTED THAT DEMANDING DIRECT ELECTIONS IN 1988.

OF RATHER WAITED TO THAT THE OUTCOME, THEIR FUTURE STABILITY

I THINK THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THAT THE GREAT MAJORITY THE PEOPLE DID NOT EXPRESS ANY PARTICULAR VIEW BUT

HOPING DEVELOP, SEE HOW THE VARIOUS VIEWS WOULD WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO AND PROSPERITY," HE SAID.

SPEAKS "I DO NOT ACCEPT EITHER THAT ANY MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL

COUNCILLOR IN THIS CHAMBER FOR THE SO-CALLED MAN IN THE STREET. NO WAS ELECTED TO DO SO AND ANY CLAIM THAT ONE OR A GROUP OF COUNCILLORS KONG'S COMMUNITY PRESENTLY REPRESENT THE VIEWS OF A MAJORITY OF HONG IS NONSENSE.

"SURELY

THE

WHITE PAPER WILL POSSIBILITY IN 1991 HE ADDED.

·

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BRING

US

NEARER TO

THAT

TO FOR THE

THAT THE

MR CLYDESDALE SAID ON OTHER ASPECTS OF THE WHITE PAPER, JUST AS IT PROVIDED FOR ELECTION OF 10 DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS

THERE

BE CONTINUED COUNCIL,

PROVISION URBAN APPOINTMENT OF URBAN COUNCIL MEMBERS TO THE DISTRICT BOARDS.

SHOULD

"THERE SEEMS NO GOOD REASON FOR ELIMINATING

THE CLOSE TWO-WAY LINK WHICH WILL ENHANCE BETWEEN THESE TWO TIERS OF ADMINISTRATION,'

THIS VERY

USEFUL

FUNCTIONAL H DIE SAID.

RELATIONSHIP

'I ASK