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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1992

ELECTION PROPOSALS WILL BE FORTHCOMING: GOVERNOR

THE

TODAY

PROCESS OF ELECTIONS

GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN. SAID (WEDNESDAY) THAT HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT OUT OF THE DISCUSSION AND DEBATE WOULD COME PROPOSALS FOR THE 1995 ACCEPTABLE TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG AND AS ACCEPTABLE AS POSSIBLE TO BRITAIN AND CHINA.

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SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER VISITING KWAI TSING DISTRICT, GOVERNOR SAID IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS WE WOULD SEE THE BEGINNING OF MUCH MORE EXTENSIVE DEBATE AND MORE PEOPLE PUTTING FORWARD THEIR THOUGHTS

OWN ON THE PROPOSALS HE SUGGESTED IN HIS POLICY ADDRESS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

TO THE

TSING,

"THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE, LIKE THE DISTRICT BOARD IN KWAI WHO THINK I SHOULD GO FURTHER. THERE ARE OTHERS WHO THINK I SHOULD GO LESS FAR, 11 HE SAID.

"WE'RE TALKINO ABOUT VERY MODEST AND LIMITED PROPOSALS

THAT THE 1995 ELECTIONS ARE AS FAIR AND CLEAN AND

ENSURING POSSIBLE.

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HB REPEATED THAT WHEREVER ANYBODY WANTED HIM то TALK THOSE MATTERS, HE WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO SO.

ABOUT

ASKED ABOUT COMMENTS BY SENIOR MINISTER OF SINGAPORE, MR KUAN YEW ON MONDAY, THE GOVERNOR SAID VISITORS IN HONG KONG WERE WELCOME TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH PRACTISED HERË.

"I THINK WHAT MATTERS IS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE VIGOROUS

INSTITUTIONS, A GOOD EXECUTIVE STAFFED BY THE VERY I THINK WE NEED A CREDIBLE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

EFFECTIVE CIVIL SERVANTS.

LEE

VRRY

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BEST

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"I THINK WE NEED GOOD, INDEPENDENT COURTS BECAUSE IN ORDER SECURE HONG KONG'S PROSPERITY AND STABILITY FOR THE FUTURE, NOT ONLY AN OPEN MARKET ECONOMY, BUT WE ALSO NEED THE RULE OF LAW, THE WE NEED RULE OF LAW UNDERPINNED BY ALL THOSE THINGS THAT THE JOINT DECLARATION TALKS ABOUT INCLUDING A FREE PRESS AND A CREDIBLE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO WHICH THE EXECUTIVE IS ACCOUNTABLE.

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GOVERNOR VISITS KWAI TRING

THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, THIS (WEDNESDAY} AFTERNOON SAW FOR HIMSELF THE

CONTAINER TERMINALS IN KWAI THING.

HUSTLE ANDY RUSTLE OF THE

MR PATTEN FIRST TOOK A PANORAM]{" VIEW OF THE CONTAINER PORT WHICH IS BEING AILLED AS ONE OF THE WORLD'S BUSIEST, AND TRE DISTRICT FROM A ROOFTOP OF YIN LAI COURT IN LAT KING, WHERE HOE WAS BRIEFED ON LOCAL DEVELOPMENTS BY THE KWAI TSING DISTRICT OFFICER, AGNES ALLCOCK.

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