HONG KONG EXPECT IT. IT IS TRUC THAT HONG KONG'S RECORD IN A VARIETY CP RESPECTS COMPARES FAVOURABLY WITH THAT OF OTHER PARTS
CF OF ASIA, BUT WE ARE AWARE OF DEFICIENCIES, THE GOVERTOR IS CLOSELY IN TOUCH WITH US, AND THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ARE DOING ALL THEY CAIL.
MR. JAMES JOHNSON: DOES NOT MY RIGHT HON. FRIEND AGREE THAT HOUG KONG IS UNIQUE AMONG THOSE FEW DEPENDENCIES LEFT TO DE ADMINISTERED IN THE OLD EMPIRE? HAS HE STUDIED THE FABIAN PAMPHLET BY JOE ENGLAND? IF SO, WILL HE COMMENT ON THE SUGGESTION WHICH HAD BEEN MADE IN THE HOUSE BEFORE, THAT ALTHOUGH THERE ARE NOT DIRECT ELECTIONS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, WE SHOULD NOMINATE AS MEMBERS OF THE URBAN COUNCIL SOME WHO HAVE BEEN ELECTED IN SOME SHAPE OR FORM BY THE PEOPLE ON THE PAVEMENTS?
MR. EALS: I HAVE SEEN THAT PAMPHLET. IT CONTAINS SOME IMPORTANT IDEAS WHICH WE ARE EXAMINING, THE GOVERNOR HIMSELF HAS SAID
THAT THERE 10 CON FOR CHANCE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WHILE PETAMING ITS ECSENTIAL BALANCE. THERE IS VALUE IN HAVING A BROADER CROSS-CECTION OF THE LIFE OF HONG KONG REPRESENTED.
R. TUGENDHAT: DOES NOT THE RIGHT HON. GENTLEMAN AGREE THAT THE COVERNOR AND THE WHOLE OF. THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT RECOGNISE THE NEED TO ASCOCIATE THE PEOPLE OF THE COLONY AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF GOVERNMENT? DOES HE NOT AGREE THAT THEY HAVE DONE MAGNIFICENT WORK IN BUILDING UP SUBSTITUTES FOR DEPOCRACY BY HEICHBOURHOOD. COUNCILS AND SO ON? IT IS COMMUNIST CHINA MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE WHICH MAKES PROGRESS DIFFICULT, MR. ENHALS: IT HAS TO BE RECOGNISED. THAT HONG KONG'S GEOGRAPHICAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL POSITION-AND IT IS OBVIOUSLY NOT MOVING TOWARDS INDEPENDENCE-CREATE PROBLINS WHICH ARE ALMOST UNIQUE, WE HAVE GREAT CONFIDENCE IN THE COVERNOR AND THOSE WHO ADVISE BIN.
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