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WEDNESDAY, JULY 5,

1989

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NO TRADE-OFF FOR RIGHT OF ABODE

THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S PROMISE OF SPEEDIER DEMOCRATISATION IN THE UK IN HONG KONG CANNOT BE A TRADE-OFF FOR THE RIGHT OF ABODE

WHAT HAS FOR THE PEOPLE HERE IN VIEW OF

BEEN HAPPENING IN PEKING THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SINCE JUNE 4, DR THE HON DANIEL TSE SAID IN TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

BE

COMMITTEE

TOTALLY

A MAINTAIN AND SOVEREIGN

SPEAKING IN THE MOTION DEBATE ON THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS

SINCE TSE

HONG REPORT, DR

SAID

NEVER KONG COULD INDEPENDENT STATE, THERE WAS NO GUARANTEE THAT WE COULD DEFEND A DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM AFTER 1997 UNLESS EITHER OUR NEW

AND ITS WORDS STATE HAD A GOOD RECORD OF KEEPING OURSELVES POSSESSED THE GUARANTEE OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SAFETY INDEPENDENT OF THE SYSTEM, A GUARANTEE WHICH THE THE UK COULD PROVIDE.

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PROMISES, OR WE MEASURES RIGHT OF ABODE IN

FORM OF GOVERNMENT

"IT IS TRUE THAT WE NEED A DEMOCRATIC ORDER TO EXERCISE THE HIGH DEGREE OF AUTONOMY THAT HAS TO US, BUT IT SHOULD BE UP TO US AS A COMMUNITY TO GAUGE WE CAN MOVE IN THAT PROCESS.

"WE APPRECIATE THE GOODWILL, BUT WE SHOULD NOT WAY OR THE OTHER, DR TSE SAID.

"

"

IN

BEEN PROMISED HOW QUICKLY

BE PUSHED ONE

OF RIGHT

ABODE FOR HONG KONG DR TSE SAW THE FIGHT FOR THE

A CAUSE THAT PEOPLE AS A MATTER OF CARDINAL PRINCIPLE AND JUSTICE”, ONE SHOULD PURSUE REGARDLESS OF THE CHANCE OF SUCCESS.

PARLIAMENTARY THE RIGHTS OF ITS EITHER BY BIRTH OR

"THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAD, THROUGH A SERIES OF ACTS, UNILATERALLY AND SYSTEMATICALLY TAKEN AWAY CITIZENS IN HONG KONG WHO WERE ENTITLED TO THEM THROUGH NATURALISATION.

"IT IS ONLY RIGHT THAT OMELCO SHOULD TRY ITS BEST TO CLAIM THEM BACK FOR THOSE WHO WANT THEM." HE SAID.

DR TSE ALSO REFUTED PRESS REPORTS THAT OMELCO MEMBERS WERE UNANIMOUSLY BEHIND THE NATIONALITY CAMPAIGN.

NOT

SIGNED UP

"I FOR ONE, AS A MEMBER FROM THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE,

SPECIAL WORKING GROUP TO GIVE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING TO JOIN THE

THEIR LONDON MISSION," HE SUPPORT TO THE TWO SENIOR MEMBERS DURING

ELECTORAL COLLEGE AND THE SAID, ADDING THAT OTHER MEMBERS FROM THE

THE APPOINTED FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES HAD WORKED SIDE BY SIDE WITH MEMBERS AS A TEAM, REGARDLESS WHETHER THEY HAD SIGNED UP BEFORE.

IS

WITHOUT GANGING "TO ME, THIS NOBLE SPIRIT OF WORKING TOGETHER UP, IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF SPIRIT WE MUST ENDEAVOUR TO FOSTER, AND ALSO THE SPIRIT OUR OMELCO COLLEAGUES HAVE ENJOYED MOST OF THE TIME.

"

"I SINCERELY HOPE THAT THIS IMAGE IS PROPERLY REFLECTED BY PRESS, HE SAID.

THE

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