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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1994

FOR

DEVISE NINE NEW THE SECOND THING WE HAVE TRIED TO DO IS TO FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES WHICH MEET THE REQUIREMENTS WHICH WERE,

WHICH REPRESENT ΤΟ REFERRED EXAMPLE,

WHITE PAPER, 1988 IN THE

LIFE OF THE SUBSTANTIAL SECTORS OF THE ECONOMIC AND PROFESSIONAL

AND I WOULD GUESS THAT COMMUNITY AND WHICH ENSURE CLEAN ELECTIONS. THERE WILL BE ARGUMENT ON BOTH THOSE POINTS AND IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO CONCLUDE THAT THE GOVERNMENT IN ONE'S JUDGMENT WAS RIGHT ABOUT FIRST BUT HADN'T GOT THE SECOND ENTIRELY CORRECT.

THE

PROPOSALS FOR THEM SECONDLY, IF THE

BUT I SAY AGAIN, FIRST OF ALL, THAT HAVING PUT THESE то THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO ARGUE AND ARGUE FOR THEM VIGOROUSLY - BUT NO BROKEN LEGS.

PLAINLY COUNCIL, IN ITS WISDOM, AMENDS THOSE PROPOSALS IN A WAY WHICH

WE HAVE DOESN'T SPIT AGAINST THE REASONABLE OBJECTIVES THAT I THINK

BROADLY ENDORSED ON THREE ALL SHARED AND

THE COUNCIL HAS WHICH

WOULD OCCASIONS, THEN THERE WOULD BE NO QUESTION THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAVE TO ACCEPT THE OUTCOME OF THE COUNCIL'S OPINION.

RELATION

THIS IS A POINT WE HAVE DISCUSSED AGAIN AND AGAIN IN TO THE COUNCIL'S VIEWS. IT'S THE TENSION BETWEEN AN EXECUTIVE AND

THAT THIS COUNCIL LEGISLATURE.

MUST SAY THAT I ACCEPT BUT I UNLIKELY TO DO THINGS WHICH ARE AGAINST THE INTERESTS OF HONG KONG.

A

IS

MR

ALL,

TO

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MR GOVERNOR, FIRST OF FRED LI (THROUGH INTERPRETATION):

BE

THE PRESENTED TO PROPOSALS ORIGINAL WELCOME THE I

POINT HAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THE MEETING BEEN ASPIRING FOR. CONCERNING THE WHITE PAPER TO BE RELEASED AT PM, I HOPE THAT THERE WON'T BE TWO DIFFERENT VERSIONS AND I DON'T WANT IS A ΤΟ SEE ACCUSATIONS BY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT SAYING THAT THIS

I HOPE THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD VERSION THAT HAS BEEN GLOSSED OVER.

17 ROUNDS OF BE PREPARED TO LET US KNOW ABOUT THE RECORDS OF THE

MUCH TO NEGOTIATIONS. MAYBE FOR THE FIRST 14 ROUNDS WE DON'T HAVE SEE, THERE IS NOTHING MUCH TO OFFER, BUT I THINK THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD LAY BARE EVERY SINGLE DETAIL RATHER THAN AN ABRIDGED VERSION,

GOVERNOR:

JUST BEFORE

то COMING

THE

HONOURABLE GENTLEMAN'S QUESTION, CAN I ADD A MANUSCRIPT FOOTNOTE TO THE REPLY I WAS GIVING TO IT HAS BEEN A THE HONOURABLE MEMBER MR MCGREGOR A MOMENT OR TWO AGO.

AND THE CONSISTENT ARGUMENT, INDEED IT IS, I THINK, BOTH THE MORAL

THAT WE NEITHER POLITICAL BASIS OF THE APPROACH THAT WE HAVE TAKEN, WISH TO GO FURTHER THAN PEOPLE IN HONG KONG WANT TO GO, NOR DO WE WISH AND THOUGH I KNOW TO GO LESS FAR THAN PEOPLE IN HONG KONG WISH TO GO.

WHO

THAT THINK

IT IS MEMBERS THAT THERE ARE

HONOURABLE SOME

COUNCIL, INSUFFICIENT FOR THAT JUDGMENT TO BE MADE BY THE LEGISLATIVE

ACTUALLY MY OWN VIEW IS IT IS ONLY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WHICH CAN REFLECT THAT PRINCIPLE IN LEGISLATIVE REALITY.

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