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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1992

THIS IS, I SUPPOSE, THE MOST BUSINESS-FRIENDLY COMMUNITY IN THE UNDERSTAND WHAT WORLD. IT IS A COMMUNITY IN WHICH EVERYONE SEEMS TO REALLY MAKES AN ECONOMY TICK. AND IT'S A COMMUNITY IN WHICH PLAYS A PART IN CREATING OUR SUCCESS STORY. THE STORY OF SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE MARKET ECONOMY, WHICH EMBRACES CHANGE; CHANGE EVERY SECTOR RATHER THAN REJECTING IT.

SO WHEN YOU SALUTE BUSINESS YOU SALUTE HONG KONG, TOAST HONG KONG YOU TOAST BUSINESS.

EVERYONE VIBRANT,

IN

AND WHEN YOU

AND CHEERFUL

AND IT'S IN THAT SPIRIT OF ENTHUSIASTIC REALISM

THE AMITY, I ASK EVERYONE TO RAISE THEIR GLASSES AND DRINK A TOAST TO

ECONOMY, ΤΟ THE SUCCESSFUL CORE OF OUR SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE AND

VALUES. CONTINUING REASON FOR OUR ABILITY TO SUSTAIN CIVILISED BUSINESS COMMUNITY OF HONG KONG.

THE

SPEECH BY SECRETARY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SZE, ON THE MOTION ON POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

* * * * *

MR DEPUTY PRESIDENT,

WE

HAVE SEEN

VERY

IMPORTANT

IN TODAY ONE OF THE MOST LIVELY DEBATES

SO ELOQUENTLY CHAMBER. I AM GRATEFUL TO MEMBERS FOR ALL THE VIEWS

ON EXPRESSED

THIS

SUBJECT. I CONGRATULATE CHRISTINE LOW FOR HER POWERFUL SPEECH.

THIS

MISS

HAVE SPOKEN HAVE PLACED

ON EMPHASIS

DIFFERENT

MOTION.

MUST AS THE

WHO MEMBERS ASPECTS IN THIS DEBATE. THIS IS ALSO EVIDENT FROM THE SUCCESSIVE AND, I WOULD SAY, IMAGINATIVE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED TO THE ORIGINAL DESPITE THIS, 1 AM PLEASED TO NOTE THAT THERE IS INDEED A COMMON THEME IN ALL THE EXPOSITIONS, AND THAT IS: ANY CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM BE OPEN, FAIR AND ACCEPTABLE TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG

THE GUIDING GOVERNOR HAS SAID ON MANY OCCASIONS, THIS IS PRECISELY

OF HIS CONSTITUTIONAL PACKAGE.

THE PRINCIPLE

INDEED, IT IT IS ALSO THE COMMON VIEW OF THIS COUNCIL GOVERNMENT'S BOTTOM LINE. AND, I FIRMLY BELIEVE, THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.

KONG.

IS

THE OBJECT OF OUR PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL PACKAGE IS CLEAR. 1S TO FIND A POINT OF BALANCE BETWEEN DEVELOPING A GREATER MEASURE DEMOCRACY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ASPIRATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY ON

DESIRE FOR ONE

GENERAL HAND, AND ON THE OTHER, MEETING THE REFORMS TO BE COMPATIBLE, AS FAR AS POSSIBLE, WITH THE BASIC LAW THEREFORE, CAPABLE OF TRANSCENDING 1997.

IT

OF

THE SUCH

AND,

/THE GOVERNOR