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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1992

KONG

THE

AND ONE MORE THING: THE GOVERNOR OF HONG HAS NOT INVENTED THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO PUT FORWARD PROPOSALS ON THE ELECTION COMMITTEE. THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG HAS NOT INVENTED

WE NEED TO FACT THAT

PROPOSALS PUT FORWARD

ON FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES. NOR HAVE I INVENTED THE FACT THAT I HAVE TO PROPOSE,

THOSE ARE FOR EXAMPLE, ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE VOTING METHOD FOR 1995.

WHAT OBLIGATIONS ON ME. AND IF THERE ARE THOSE WHO DON'T AGREE WITH I SAY, THEY REALLY MUST PUT FORWARD THEIR ALTERNATIVES, OTHERWISE, HAVE TO SAY, IT'S EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO HAVE A RATIONAL DISCUSSION.

I

MR

ALLEN MR GOVERNOR, IN ANSWERING MR TAM YIU-CHUNG (IN CANTONESE):

THERE WERE LEE'S AND MR CHEUNG MAN-KWONG'S QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER

NOT BETWEEN AGREEMENTS

ANSWER WAS CHINA AND BRITAIN, I THINK YOUR

OF THE SATISFACTORY, AND YOU DIDN'T SAY CLEARLY ABOUT THE CONTENTS SINO-BRITISH AGREEMENT. YESTERDAY, MR LU IN HIS PRESS CONFERENCE, MR LU SAID CLEARLY THAT THERE WERE FILES AND RECORDS TO BE CHECKED AND IT WAS IN BLACK AND WHITE THAT BRITISH-CHINESE NEGOTIATIONS THE FIRST LEGISLATURE. HE SAID THAT THERE WAS SUCH NOW, THE CHINESE ARE EXPRESSING A TOUGH STANCE ABOUT DO YOU AGREE THAT IT IS BECAUSE, IN DIPLOMATIC TERMS, HAVE BREACHED FAITH?

WERE ABOUT AN AGREEMENT. YOUR PROPOSAL. THE BRITISH SIDE

GOVERNOR:

MS.

CHRISTINE

LOH:

NO.

ΤΟ

THE

AGREEMENT.

KONG

EVEN IF THOSE

HAD COMPROMISED AGREEMENTS WERE TO SHOW THAT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT THE PROMISE TO HONG KONG PEOPLE OF HONG KONG PEOPLE RULING HONG

BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND A HIGH DEGREE OF AUTONOMY, WOULD YOU AND THE NOW BE PREPARED TO GIVE US BACK THAT PROMISE?

PREMISE,

IT'S HAVE SAID FOR THE 1995 PROPOSALS,

OF HONG

WHAT

DO I

GOVERNOR:

WELL, SINCE I DON'T ACCEPT THE DIFFICULT TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, EXCEPT TO REPEAT WHAT I ALREADY.

I AM

FORWARD PROPOSALS OBLIGED TO PUT ELECTIONS. AND ON ALL THE AREAS WHERE I HAVE PUT FORWARD THE BASIC LAW IS SILENT. SINCE IT IS SILENT, THE GOVERNOR KONG, AND IN DUE COURSE THIS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, IS OBLIGED TO SPEAK. IT ISN'T ENOUGH FOR ANYONE TO SAY, "GO TO THE BASIC LAW AND SEE TO

DO ABOUT THE ELECTION COMMITTEE." WHERE, IN THE BASIC LAW, FIND WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE, SINCE ANNEX II

THE FIRST SAR IT PERFECTLY PLAIN THAT THE ELECTION COMMITTEE FOR

WHERE IN THE LEGISLATURE SHOULD BE DIFFERENT FROM THE ONE FROM 1999?

NEW FUNCTIONAL BASIC LAW DOES IT TELL ME WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE NINE CONSTITUENCIES? LET ANYBODY SHOW ME WHERE IT SAYS IN THE BASIC WHERE DOES IT SAY IN THE BASIC LAW, WHAT I SHOULD DO ABOUT THE METHOD?

MAKES

LAW. VOTING

MS. CHRISTINE LOH:

THE BASIC LAW.

DOCUMENT THAT LU PING HAS ALLUDED TO

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NOT

/GOVERNOR: