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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1989

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PREPARING FOR A DECADE OF CHANGE

OF UNPRECEDENTED MANAGE THIS WITHOUT GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID

IN THE NEXT DECADE, HONG KONG FACES A PERIOD POLITICAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE AND WE MUST ENDANGERING THE STABILITY OF THE TERRITORY, THE WILSON, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

SIR DAVID SAID HONG KONG MUST CONTINUE STEADILY TO DEVELOP OWN INSTITUTIONS IN WHICH THE COMMUNITY HAD CONFIDENCE.

ITS

VIGOROUS DEBATE "DURING THE PAST FEW YEARS THERE HAS BEEN

SHOULD DEVELOP OUR SYSTEM

ABOUT

QUICKLY

HOW HONG KONG REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.

WE

IN

OF

"YOUR GOVERNMENT HAS ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT POLITICAL

WIDEST POSSIBLE SUPPORT

IN THE

GOVERNOR

SOMETIMES BEEN CRITICISED BY THOSE WHO

THIS PRINCIPLE ALLOWS,'

DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE BASED ON THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE INDEED WOULD LIKE TO GO FASTER THAN SAID.

THE

FUTURE FORWARD AND ONE THE NON-OFFICIAL

NUMBER OF MODELS FOR THE HE NOTED THAT THIS YEAR A COMPOSITION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL HAD BEEN PUT LENGTHY DISCUSSION BY OF THESE WAS THE RESULT OF MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

OF DEBATE IN THE INVOLVED ARE VITAL FOR

"THESE MODELS HAVE STIMULATED A GREAT DEAL COMMUNITY, THIS IS A GOOD THING. THE ISSUES THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.

"OUT OF THIS DEBATE I HOPE THAT A BROADLY HELD HONG WILL EMERG," SIR DAVID SAID.

KONG VIEW

"THIS WOULD HELP THE DRAFTERS OF THE BASIC LAW, WHEN THEY LATER THIS YEAR AND EARLY IN 1990, TO CARRY OUT THE IMPORTANT TASK

HONG KONG'S POLITICAL SYSTEM FORMULATING THE STRUCTURE OF AFTER 1997," HE ADDED.

THE

MEET

OF

IN AND

то

WHAT

RESPOND

FURTHER

LEGISLATIVE

COUNCIL

GOVERNMENT WOULD ALSO WISH SIR DAVID SAID

WHEN POSITIVELY TO SUCH A VIEW

IT TOOK DECISIONS ON CHANGES SHOULD BE MADE TO THE COMPOSITION OF THE IN 1991.

CONSIDER ALL ASPECTS "BEFORE TAKING THESE DECISIONS, WE WILL

OF THIS COUNCIL: OF THE COMPOSITION

THE NUMBER

AND OF OFFICIAL

IN THE APPOINTED MEMBERS, WHETHER THERE SHOULD BE A FURTHER INCREASE

NUMBER NUMBER OF MEMBERS ELECTED BY FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES AND THE OF DIRECTLY ELECTED SEATS.

"WE SHALL HAVE IN MIND THE WIDELY-HELD VIEW IN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN 1991 THAT THERE SHOULD BE A SOMEWHAT FASTER RATE OF

MEMBERS THAN PREVIOUSLY ENVISAGED; AND ALSO THE FACT THAT BY 1995 ALL

BY ONE MEANS OR ANOTHER. OF THE COUNCIL WILL BE ELECTED

MUST PREPARE FOR THAT SITUATION WELL IN ADVANCE. SIR DAVID SAID.

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