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THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1989

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SUCCESSFUL SYSTEMS MUST BE MAINTAINED

THE

MAINTENANCE

IT IS VITALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE BASIC LAW FOR HONG KONG SHOULD

AND CONTAIN ALL THE LEGAL PROVISIONS FOR

FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF ITS SUCCESSFUL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SYSTEMS, THE HON JAMES MCGREGOR TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY THURSDAY).

THESE

PROVISIONS

MUST OPERATE

ΤΟ PEOPLE WITHOUT

MR MCGREGOR SAID POLITICAL FRAMEWORK THAT WOULD ALLOW HONG KONG KONG EFFECTIVELY AND DEMOCRATICALLY, INTERVENTION OR UNDUE INFLUENCE BEING APPLIED BY CHINA WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF AUTONOMY.

WITHIN A RULE HONG INTERFERENCE, AND THEREFORE

HE WAS SPEAKING IN THE MOTION DEBATE ON THE DRAFT BASIC LAW.

PROVISIONS OF THE JOINT OF HUMAN RIGHTS HE SAID.

"THE BASIC LAW MUST ENSURE THAT THE

RANGE WIDE DECLARATION ARE FULLY MET AND THAT THE ENJOYED BY HONG KONG PEOPLE CONTINUE TO BE APPLIED,

Fi

DEMOCRATIC HONG KONG PEOPLE AND LEGITIMATELY IN THE

ALSO, IT MUST PROVIDE FOR AN ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT OF GOVERNMENT IN ORDER TO MEET THE ASPIRATIONS OF THE AND TO ENSURE THAT THEY PARTICIPATED FULLY PROCESS OF GOVERNMENT.

"THE PACE OF DEMOCRATIC REFORM IN HONG KONG MUST AS POSSIBLE BUT IT MUST NOT OUTPACE THE ABILITY OF HONG TO TAKE UP THEIR NEW RESPONSIBILITIES. IT MUST ALSO SEEK BUSINESS CONFIDENCE. HE SAID.

BE AS RAPID KONG PEOPLE ΤΟ MAINTAIN

TRUTH TO SAY THAT MR MCGREGOR SAID IT WAS VERY FAR FROM THE

IN BUSINESSMEN AND

THE WERE BUSINESS GROUPS

ARCH-CONSERVATIVE

EFFORTS POLITICAL SENSE, OPPOSING DEMOCRATIC REFORM AND RESISTING ALL

AT COMPROMISE.

SUFFRAGE

1987 BY THE HONG KONG CENT OF THOSE WHO OF THOSE AND HALF

HE SAID THAT A SURVEY CARRIED OUT IN GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SHOWED THAT 80 PER RESPONDED WERE IN FAVOUR

OF

UNIVERSAL

WANTED TO BEGIN THE PROCESS IN 1988.

AND CONSTRUCTIVE ATTITUDE HE MAINTAINED THAT THIS POSITIVE

WAS VERY REFLECTED THE GENERAL VIEW OF MOST HONG KONG PEOPLE, AND IT

HONG SAD THEREFORE THAT

HAD

NOT EEVENTITSELESPERTE

TO SEEK THE VIEWS OF THE HONG GOVERNMENTLE HON THE

THE BASIC LAW,

AND

THE ON PARTICULAR

ON THE BASIS

IN OF THE SECOND DRAFT OF PROPOSED POLITICAL MODEL, BY MEANS OF A POLL CONDUCTED OF THE ELECTORAL ROLL IN THE GOVERNMENT COMPUTER.

SEEK

DRAFT A

HE SAID THAT IF THE CONSULTATION PERIOD ON THE BASIC LAW

FOR LEGCO OR OMELCO TO WAS EXTENDED, THERE WOULD BE TIME PUBLIC RESPONSE TO THE POLITICAL MODEL WHICH OMELCO WAS FINALISING.

THE

DENIED

OR

13 CONDUCTED

NOT BE A RESULTS

SURVEY OF SUCH

COULD DENIGRATED HERE OR IN CHINA, PARTICULARLY IF THE SURVEY BY OMELCO OR BY LEGCO WITH FULL GOVERNMENT SUPPORT," HE SAID,

/HE ALSO