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THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1990

DEPLORES COUNCIL

THE EXTREMELY HIS MOTION READS: "THAT THIS

RECENT UNDEMOCRATIC POLITICAL MODEL PROPOSED FOR THE BASIC LAW AT THE

AND URGES THE CHINESE MEETING OF THE BASIC LAW DRAFTING COMMITTEE

PRESERVING THE CONFIDENCE GOVERNMENT TO RECOGNISE THE IMPORTANCE OF

ACCEPTING A OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG IN THEIR FUTURE AFTER 1997 BY

THE BASIC LAW BASED UPON THE MORE DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL MODEL FOR

BY THE OMELCO CONSENSUS WHICH RECOMMENDS A FULLY ELECTED LEGISLATURE YEAR 2003, REFLECTING THE EXPRESSED WISHES OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG; KONG TO INTRODUCE LEGISLATION AND URGES THE ADMINISTRATION IN HONG

OF 50 PER CENT

LEGISLATIVE THE TOTAL PROVIDING FOR NO LESS THAN COUNCIL SEATS TO BE DIRECTLY ELECTED BY 1995."

A VERY

TIME IN LONG BE BROUGHT ABOUT BY

GOVERNMENTS,

SUCCESSFUL

YEARS WAS MR MCGREGOR SAID THAT FIVE POLITICS AND ECONOMICS, AND MANY CHANGES COULD CONTINUED NEGOTIATION AND PRESSURE ON THE TWO SOVEREIGN ESPECIALLY IF THE 1991 ELECTIONS IN HONG KONG WERE HIGHLY

COUNCIL OF THE LEGISLATIVE AND THE

TRACK RECORD SUBSEQUENT ENLIGHTENED AND HELPFUL TO THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE TERRITORY.

WAS

SWEEPING HE BELIEVED THAT THE VAST AND UNPREDICTED CHANGES NOW

FOR CHINA AND THROUGH EASTERN EUROPE WOULD HAVE SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS ITS LEADERS.

BE BUT THEY

"IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY WHAT THESE EFFECTS WILL

TO THE SYSTEM WHICH WE MUST SURELY BE BENEFICIAL TO HONG KONG AND

PRESERVE, HE HAVE BUILT HERE AND WHICH CHINA SO EARNESTLY WISHES TO SAID.

中

"WE CAN THEN SEEK THE SPECIFIC CHANGES I PROPOSE IN MY MOTION.

**

MR MCGREGOR COUNCIL FOR FIRST LEG OF ELECTED BY UNIVERSAL

IN ADDITION TO WHAT HE HAD PROPOSED IN HIS MOTION,

IN THE LEGISLATIVE SUGGESTED THAT THE NUMBER OF SEATS

THUS MAINTAINING THE 1991 BE RESTRICTED TO 54, OMELCO CONSENSUS AT ONE THIRD OF MEMBERS BEING SUFFRAGE.

THE

MCGREGOR DESCRIBED THE POLITICAL TURNING TO THE PRESENT, MR

PALE SHADOW MODEL PROPOSED IN THE FINAL DRAFT OF THE BASIC LAW AS "A

AND TO OF WHAT IS NEEDED TO GUARANTEE OUR FUTURE VIGOUR AND VITALITY ENSURE THE SUPPORT OF THE POPULATION OF HONG KONG".

GOVERNMENT BRITISH

HE BLAMED THE GOVERNMENT FOR THIS STATE OF AFFAIRS.

MORE

THAN THE

CHINESE

"WE DESERVED BETTER FROM THE MOTHER OF DEMOCRACY,

THAT

BRITAIN

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HE SAID.

DEMOCRATIC OF THIS CENTURY;

DETERMINED

HAD ENJOYED FULL MR MCGREGOR SAID FREEDOM IN THE ELECTION OF ITS GOVERNMENT FOR MOST THE PRIME MINISTER HERSELF WAS A FIERCE AND DEMOCRATIC FREEDOM AND HUMAN FULLY AWARE OF HONG KONG DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT.

AND RIGHTS; PEOPLE'S WISH

SUPPORTER OF BEEN HER GOVERNMENT HAD

FOR A

OF

PACE FASTER

/HE WAS