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THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1989

KONG

PEOPLE TO GATHER

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TOGETHER URGED THE BASIC

DR LEONG CALLED ON HONG PRESS FOR A BASIC LAW THAT COULD BE UPHELD. HE ALSO LAW DRAFTING AND CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEES TO SPEED UP THEIR WORK.

DRAFT, DR LEONG SAID

HAD REPRESENTED

COME EXECUTIVE SHOULD POSSIBLE, PREFERABLY BY

TURNING TO THE CONTENTS OF THE SECOND BOTH THE MEDICAL AND DENTAL PROFESSION THAT HE OUT STRONGLY FOR THE PROPOSAL THAT THE FUTURE CHIEF BE ELECTED BY UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE AS SOON AS 1997. HE SAID A CONSENSUS ON THIS SHOULD BE SOUGHT.

BETWEEN RELATIONSHIP

HOWEVER, THE

THE LEGISLATIVE EXECUTIVE COUNCILS NEEDED FURTHER DELIBERATION, HE ADDED.

AND

"FOR WHILST ONE IS RESPONSIBLE AND ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG IF HE IS ELECTED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THROUGH

SHOULD 'MASTERS' UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE, HE WOULD BE SERVING TWO

HE BE

OUR APPOINTED INTO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL BY

FUTURE CHIEF EXECUTIVE UNLESS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE IS ALSO ELECTED THROUGH A DEMOCRATIC PROCESS," HE SAID.

ON HUMAN RIGHTS, DR LEONG SAID THERE WERE PROVISIONS IN THE DRAFT.

NPC

INADEQUATE

WHICH

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RIGHT TO WHEN THE EMERGENCY

HONG KONG

ARTICLE HE SAID THAT CLARIFICATIONS MUST BE MADE TO

THE GAVE THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS STANDING COMMITTEE

THE HONG APPLY "THE RELEVANT NATIONAL LAWS" TO

KONG SAR STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE

DECIDED THAT A STATE OF EXISTED, AS WELL AS TO ARTICLE 23 WHICH INDICATED THAT THE

TO ENACT LAWS TO PROHIBIT ANY SAR SHOULD HAVE THE POWER TREASON, SECESSION, SEDITION OR THEFT OF STATE SECRETS.

ACT OF

FORM OF ITS

HE ALSO STRESSED THAT IT WOULD BE ESSENTIAL THAT SOME A BILL OF RIGHTS BE ENACTED IN HONG KONG, AND FOR CHINA TO SHOW

TO SINCERITY BY BECOMING A SIGNATORY

THE TWO INTERNATIONAL HUMAN

RIGHTS COVENANTS CURRENTLY APPLIED TO HONG KONG.

DR LEONG

ON THE ACCREDITATION OF PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS, THAT AUTONOMY MUST BE GRANTED TO PROFESSIONAL BODIES IN DETERMINING PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND PRACTISING QUALIFICATIONS.

SAID

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"IT IS IMPERATIVE THEREFORE THAT IN ARTICLE 141, PARAGRAPH ONE, THE WORD GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE

BECAUSE SUCH WOULD PRECLUDE THE PARTICIPATION OF NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS," HE SAID.

FINALLY, DR LEONG NOTED THAT THE PEACEFUL AND ORDERLY AND OTHER DEMONSTRATIONS BY HONG KONG PEOPLE ON THE LAST TWO SUNDAYS MOVEMENTS SHOWED THAT HONG KONG PEOPLE WERE NOW POLITICALLY MATURE.

BE MUST

ELECTED

HE THEREFORE SUGGESTED THAT BLUEPRINT FOR 10 DIRECTLY SEATS FOR THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BY 1991

INTELLIGENTLY REVIEWED AND ALTERED TO MEET THE RISING WAVE OF POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT.

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