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FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1993

MR

THE

WILL

LAU CHIN-SHEK (THROUGH INTERPRETER): THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT,

BE REOPENED, GOVERNOR TELL US THIS. JUST SUPPOSE TALKS CANNOT

WHAT HOW DOES THE GOVERNMENT PLAN TO PREPARE FOR THE 94/95 ELECTION, WILL BE THE TIMETABLE FOR IT? IN THE CASE WHERE TALKS ARE HOW CAN YOU MAKE SURE THAT THE TALKS CAN YIELD RESULTS BEFORE JULY THAT YOU CAN LEGISLATE TO PREPARE FOR THE 94/95 ELECTION?

WEDNESDAY.

REOPENED,

SO

LEGISLATIVE I HAVE A

AS I AFTER

GOVERNOR: IF THERE ARE NO TALKS, THEN IN DUB COURSE THIS COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER THE PROPOSALS THAT WE HAVE PUT TO IT. GREAT DEAL OF FAITH AND CONFIDENCE IN THIS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

LAST SAID

WEDNESDAY NO

I WEEK,

DISCOVER RUBBER STAMP, AS I HAVE GREAT FAITH IN THIS COUNCIL TO PRODUCE PROPOSALS,

PEOPLE TO AGREE PROPOSALS, WHICH WILL BE IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE OF HONG KONG BECAUSE I THINK THIS COUNCIL IS IN VERY CLOSE TOUCH WITH ASPIRATIONS THE MOOD OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG AND UNDERSTANDS THEIR AND UNDERSTANDS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO SECURE THEIR HEARTS AND MINDS. SO I DON'T HAVE ANY LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN THE ABILITY OF THIS ΤΟ COME TO SENSIBLE, BALANCED, MODERATE, MODEST DECISIONS ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE 1994 AND '95 ELECTIONS IN GOOD TIME FOR ENSURE THAT THOSE ELECTIONS ARE SMOOTHLY CONDUCTED.

COUNCIL ABOUT THE US TO

THEN THE TO BE LEGISLATIVE BECAUSE SELF-DENYING

IF TALKS OPEN, WHICH I STILL HOPE

HAPPEN, WILL HONOURABLE MEMBER IS QUITE RIGHT TO SAY THAT THEY WOULD NEED

THIS ALLOW ONE CONCLUDED

WAY OR THE OTHER, IN TIME TO COUNCIL TO MAKE THE NECESSARY ARRANGEMENTS FOR 1994 AND '95. AS I SAID EARLIER, I DON'T THINK THERE IS GOING TO BE A ORDINANCE IN THIS COUNCIL WHICH ENCOURAGES HONOURABLE MEMBERS TO AGREE THAT THEY WON'T DEBATE THE PROPOSALS BEFORE THEM FOR LONGER COUPLE OF WEEKS OR SOME RIDICULOUS TIME CONSTRAINT LIKE LONGER, OF COURSE, IT TAKES TO GET TALKS GOING, THE LESS TIME THERE IS THE NECESSARY FOR TALKS SINCE TALKS HAVE TO FINISH IN TIME TO MAKE LEGISLATIVE ARRANGEMENTS.

THAT.

THAN A THE

DECIDED MR GILBERT LEUNG (THROUGH INTERPRETER): MR GOVERNOR, YOU HAVE

THAT UNDOUBTEDLY WILL TODAY TO GAZETTE YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL PROPOSALS.

GREAT INCREASE THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CHINA AND BRITAIN AND WILL HAVE A

GOVERNMENT ASSESSED IMPACT

HAS THE HONG KONG ON HONG KONG SOCIETY.

WHAT CONTINGENT THE IMPACT THIS ACTION WILL HAVE ON OUR SOCIETY AND

IF CHINA, MEASURES ARE THERE TO REDUCE THE IMPACT ON OUR BECAUSE OF

WILL THIS

'BUILD MOVE,

THEIR OWN CONTINGENCY PLANS THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAS?

PEOPLE

STOVE'

ARE

THERE

ASSUME MEMBER

YEARS

GOVERNOR: I'M NOT SURE THAT THE HONOURABLE MEMBER IS RIGHT TO IS THE HONOURABLE THE WORST OF CHINA AND CHINESE OFFICIALS. SERIOUSLY SAYING THAT CHINA WILL ATTEMPT TO MAKE THE NEXT FOUR

HONG KONG? I AS DIFFICULT AS POSSIBLE FOR THE ORDINARY PEOPLE OF

AND I DON'T DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE A VERY SENSIBLE THING TO DO BELIEVE THAT CHINA WILL REGARD THAT AS BEING A SENSIBLE BASIS FOR

CHINA I HOPE THAT RESUMPTION OF CHINESE SOVEREIGNTY IN 1997. STILL JOIN US IN TALKING ABOUT THE 1994/95 ARRANGEMENTS, I REPEAT ΤΟ IF THERE AREN'T HAVE SET NO PRE-CONDITIONS FOR THOSE TALKS. TALKS THEN I HOPE THAT CHINESE OFFICIALS WILL HAVE THE SAME CONFIDENCE IN THE GOOD SENSE OF THE PROPLE OF HONG KONG THAT I DO.

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