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WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1989

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ΤΟ

ECONOMIC ROLE TO PLAY IN

"WE ARE NOT A LIABILITY TO BRITAIN. WE ARE NOT A THE WORLD. JUST AS HONG KONG HAS A VITAL CHINA, SO DO WE HAVE A VITAL ROLE TO PLAY IN THE WORLD,

HONG KONG

MUST

BILL

ACCELERATE HE ADDED THAT DEMOCRATISATION, PROTECT CIVIL LIBERTIES WITH A EXPAND CIVIC EDUCATION SO THAT ITS PEOPLE COULD FULLY

CITIZENSHIP OF RIGHTS AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES THIS, DEMOCRACY HAD NO FOUNDATION.

"HONG KONG IS OUR HOME. WE ARE UNITED. WE TO PROTECT OUR PAST, OUR PRESENT AND OUR FUTURE.

C

LIABILITY

HE SAID.

THE PACE OF

OF RIGHTS AND UNDERSTAND THE WITHOUT BECAUSE

MUST REMAIN UNITED

"WE HAVE SEEN BRITAIN AT HER WORST. BUT BRITAIN HAS YET TO HONG KONG AT OUR BEST, MR LI CONCLUDED.

"

SEE

TIME RIPE FOR A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT

**

**

MUST HONG KONG PEOPLE

IN

MAINTAIN THEIR

NOW SEEK что ESTABLISH A DEMOCRATIC INVESTMENT

RELATED AIMS

TO LONG-TERM

EDUCATION, TRAINING.

SOCIAL HEALTH,

AFFAIRS, IMPROVE THEIR OVERALL INFRASTRUCTURE.

GOVERNMENT. PROGRAMMES

THE HON TAI CHIN-WAH SAID THIS IN

IN THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE REPORT (WEDNESDAY).

THE MOTION

LEGISLATIVE

AND

THE

DEBATE ON

COUNCIL TODAY

ADMINISTRATION AND BY THE

ABODE

MAINTAINING

HE SAID THE RECENT EFFORTS BY THE TWO SENIOR OMELCO MEMBERS TO CHAMPION THE CAUSE OF THE RIGHT OF

BRITAIN

CLEARLY IN

DEMONSTRATED CONVICTION HAD STABILITY.

ΤΑΙ MR

SAID THE CRISIS OF

CONFIDENCE

IN

OF THE AROSE OUT

ΤΟ HONG KONG LOOKED

THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION, AND WHILE

IT MUST PARTIES TO THIS DECLARATION TO ACT IN RESTORING CONFIDENCE, ALSO ADOPT SUITABLE MEASURES ITSELF.

HE SAID THE

NUMBER

FAC REPORT WAS DISAPPOINTING EN A

OF WERE WORTHY OF FURTHER IMPORTANT RESPECTS, BUT MANY OF THEIR VIEWS

THE RECOMMENDATION GIVEN ON AND CAREFUL STUDY, SUCH AS

THE DRAFT BASIC LAW AND ON HONG KONG'S POLITICAL STRUCTURE LEADING UP TO 1997.

INSUFFICIENT WEIGHT THE CONVICTION ALL BRITISH DEPENDENT

ON THE NATIONALITY ISSUE, HE THOUGHT THAT AND SUPPORT WAS GIVEN TO THE STRENGTH AND JUSTNESS OF THAT THE RIGHT OF ABODE SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO TERRITORY CITIZEN PASSPORT HOLDERS.

THE

KONG PEOPLE'S JUST HE SAID THE MORAL CASE IN SUPPORT OF HONG

PRESENTED IN THE REPORT, AS WELL AS CLAIM WAS INADEQUATELY RELATED ISSUE OF THE CONFIDENCE FACTOR IN HONG KONG.

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