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THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1989

WHEN THE SECOND DRAFT WAS PUBLISHED, MR JACOBS SAID, THE DRAFTERS SPECIFICALLY DREW ATTENTION TO THE NEED TO FOCUS ON THE POLITICAL STRUCTURE OF THE FUTURE HKSAR WHERE THERE WERE DIVERGENT VIEWS IN HONG KONG,

"DIFFERING VIEWS

ON CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT STILL REMAIN WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND, NOT SURPRISINGLY, IT HAS BEEN A MAJOR THEME OF THE SPEECHES DURING THIS DEBATE, HE SAID.

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MR JACOBS PAID TRIBUTE TO MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN HAMMERING OUT A BLUEPRINT FOR WHAT THEY SAW AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE POLITICAL STRUCTURE OF THE HKSAR BEYOND 1997.

"THEIR WILLINGNESS TO SUBORDINATE THEIR PERSONAL WISHES TO THE WIDER GOAL OF ACHIEVING A COMMON VIEW WHICH MAY BE CONVEYED TO THE BASIC LAW DRAFTERS DEMONSTRATES, I BELIEVE, A CLEAR MEMBERS' RESPONSIBILITIES TO THIS COMMUNITY AND A COMMITMENT TO ITS FUTURE," HE POINTED OUT.

RECOGNITION OF DEEP SENSE OF

MOTION WHICH

NOTING THE TERMS OF THE SECOND PART OF TODAY'S URGED AUTHORITIES CONCERNED TO TAKE "SUCH VIEWS FULLY INTO ACCOUNT WAS BEFORE THE PROMULGATION OF THE BASIC LAW", MR JACOBS SAID THAT IT A FAIR AND PROPER EXPECTATION.

"FOR

ITS PART, THE ADMINISTRATION WILL CERTAINLY ENSURE THAT THE VIEWS THAT HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED 30 ELOQUENTLY BY MEMBERS YESTERDAY IF THE ACTING AND TODAY ARE FULLY REFLECTED TO THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES, CHIEF SECRETARY CONCLUDED.

THE MOTION WAS PASSED BY THE COUNCIL.

COMMUNITY LEADERS URGED TO RECONCILE VIEWS

COMMUNITY LEADERS IN HONG KONG SHOULD RECONCILE THEIR BASIC LAW, THE HON DIFFERENT VIEWS AND COME TO A CONSENSUS ON THE RONALD ARÇULLI SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (THURSDAY).

SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE MOTION

DURING THE

SECOND DAY OF OUT POINTED

THAT THREE

OF THIRD PARAGRAPH THE DOCUMENT THAT PROVIDED THE

MR ARCULLI DEBATE ON THE DRAFT BASIC LAW, CRITICAL ISSUES WERE NOT MENTIONED IN THE SECTION I OF THE JOINT DECLARATION, FRAMEWORK FOR THE BASIC LAW.

THE THREE ISSUES WERE: THE TIMETABLE; THE CHIEF BE SELECTED BY ELECTION; AND THE DEFINITION OF ELECTION.

EXECUTIVE MAY

MR ARCULLI SAID THAT LEGISLATORS SHOULD NOT CONCERN

"OUR NOW WITH THE RIGHTS OR WRONGS OF SUCH AN APPROACH. GET ALL SECTORS OF HONG KONG TO SPEAK OUT," HE SAID.

THEMSELVES

TASK IS TO

/HE NOTED