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THURSDAY, JUNE 1. 1989

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ONE VOICE FOR POLITICAL STRUCTURE THAT WORKS

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TOGETHER DEMAND

NOW WAS THE TIME FOR THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG TO COME TO RESOLVE THEIR DIFFERENCES REALISTICALLY AND IN ONE VOICE TO A POLITICAL STRUCTURE WHICH WILL WORK AND COMMAND CONFIDENCE, THE HON MIRIAM LAU SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (THURSDAY).

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"I AM SURE THAT IF WE ALL SPEAK LOUDLY WITH ONE VOICE, WE

THE BE HEARD, MRS LAU SAID DURING THE MOTION DEBATE ON LAW.

WILL DRAFT BASIC

POLITICAL SYSTEM SHE SAID THAT HOWEVER MUCH WE WOULD LIKE THE

WE WERE TO HAVE THE DEMOCRATIC AS POSSIBLE, WE MUST NOT FORGET THE REALITIES

TO BE DEMOCRATIC, HOWEVER ANXIOUS

PROCESS IMPLEMENTED IN HONG KONG AS SOON ALLOW OUR HEARTS TO RULE OUR HEAD. WE MUST NOT SURROUNDING HONG KONG.

PLACE THERE BE WILL

"IN MY VIEW, EVOLUTION OF THE POLITICAL SYSTEM MUST TAKE GRADUALLY AND ORDERLY. ONLY BY SETTING IT AT THIS PACE WILL THE LEAST DISRUPTION TO SOCIETY. ONLY BY SETTING IT IN THIS MODE CHINA FIND IT PALATABLE," SHE SAID.

DEMOCRACY ON THE OTHER HAND, IN LIGHT OF THE STRONG DEMAND FOR

IT WAS BY HONG KONG WHICH HAD RECENTLY COME THROUGH LOUD AND STRONG,

BY UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE FOR UNREALISTIC TO POSTPONE DIRECT ELECTIONS TOO LONG A TIME, SHE ADDED.

SHE SAID THAT FOR THE SELECTION OF THE SAR CHIEF EXECUTIVE, THE IDEAL WAS OF COURSE

UNIVERSAL TO HAVE DIRECT ELECTIONS BY SUFFRAGE, BUT IN HER OPINION THE ELECTION COMMITTEE PROPOSAL WAS

PROVIDED THAT THE COMMITTEE WAS ABLE TO MEET THE CRITERIA DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED AND BROADLY BASED.

"IN REGARD TO THE LEGISLATURE, FUNCTIONAL

ALSO ITSELF

THE PERIOD AND

CONSTITUENCIES HAVE AND INDIRECT ELECTIONS TO SERVED HONG KONG WELL FOR SOME TIME LEGISLATURE THROUGH THEM SHOULD CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST A SHORT

CONTINUITY BALANCE, AFTER 1997 IN ORDER TO EFFECTIVELY MAINTAIN STABILITY IN THE HONG KONG SAR, SHE SAID.

TURNING TO THE

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE AND THE CERTAINLY WOULD NOT WISH LEGISLATURE, SHE SAID THAT HONG KONG MOST

THE CHINESE THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE TO BE AN "ORGAN GRINDER'S MONKEY" OF GOVERNMENT.

HE "WE SHALL TRY TO SEE TO IT THAT HE IS NOT, BUT JUST IN CASE

PLACE THE LEGAL MECHANISM TO TURNS OUT TO BE ONE, WE MUST HAVE IN

HONG KONG'S PREVENT HIM WIELDING HIS MANY POWERS TO THE DETRIMENT OF INTERESTS," SHE SAID.

NOTED THAT UNDER THE ACCOUNTABLE TO

ON THE QUESTION OF ACCOUNTABILITY, SHE JOINT DECLARATION, THE EXECUTIVE AUTHORITIES WOULD BE THE LEGISLATURE.

THE JOINT