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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1989
DR LEONG ALSO CALLED ON THE GOVERNMENT TO
CONSIDER OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING AND TO INTRODUCE SOME KIND OF A MEANS TEST TO IDENTIFY WHICH SECTOR OF THE POPULATION COULD NOT DO WITHOUT SUBSIDISED MEDICAL CARE.
AT THE SAME TIME, HE SAID, THE GOVERNMENT MUST DEFINE WHICH PART AND WHAT LEVEL OF THE MEDICAL SERVICES THAT IT WAS WILLING TO PROVIDE FOR EVERYBODY IN HONG KONG.
ON DENTAL SERVICE, DR LEONG REGRETTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD FAILED TO INTRODUCE A GENERAL DENTAL SERVICE DESPITE THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS IN THE WHITE PAPER ON MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT PUBLISHED 15 YEARS AGO.
ON POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT, HE SAID THAT WHATEVER POLITICAL MODEL THAT ONE LOOKED AT FOR THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG, IT MUST NOT HAVE ANY CONFLICTS WITH THE BASIC RIGHT THAT EVERY CITIZEN WAS ENSURED IN THEIR PARTICIPATION IN POLITICAL AFFAIRS.
"THE IMPORTANT ISSUES BRING THAT THE BASIC PRINCIPLES FOR ANY ELECTORAL SYSTEM SHOULD BE EQUAL, FAIR, OPEN AND FREE.
"THE OMELCO CONSENSUS ON THE POLITICAL STRUCTURE IN THE RUN UP TO 1997 AND BEYOND SATISFIES ALL THESE PRINCIPLES. WHAT IS MORE 18 MATCHES WITH THE WISH OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG FOR A FASTER DEMOCRATISATION AT A STEADY PACE, HE SAID.
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ON THE BILL OF RIGHTS, DR LEONG SAID HE DID NOT AGREE WITH THE ADMINISTRATION THAT IT WOULD TAKE TWO TO FIVE YEARS TO GO THROUGH ALL THE LEGISLATION TO ENSURE IT WOULD NOT BE CONTRADICTORY TO THIS BILL.
HE PROPOSED THE SETTING UP OF A HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION MEMBERS FROM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, PRIVATE SECTOR AND ACADEMICS, LOCAL AND OVERSEAS.
WITH BOTH
ADOPTION OF OMELCO MODEL FOR POLITICAL REFORM URGED
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THE HONG KONG AND BRITISH GOVERNMENTS SHOULD ADOPT
THE OMELCO CONSENSUS PROPOSALS ON POLITICAL REFORM AND BRING THEM INTO EFFECT 1991, THE HON JAMES MCGREGOR SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (THURSDAY).
A DEVELOPMENT OF THIS KIND WOULD BE A REAL BOOST TO CONFIDENCE, MR MCGREGOR SAID IN THE POLICY DEBATE.
WHATEVER MODEL WAS ADOPTED AFTER 1997 WOULD HAVE TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF A SYSTEM ALREADY IN SUCCESSFUL OPERATION, HE SAID.
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