all stages over a period of months, and pending your discussions with Her Majesty's Government and the Chinese Government, the bill itself and the accompanying regulations have been subjected to the closest scrutiny by unofficial members of this Council. We wish to pay a most sincere tribute to the very senior Government officials, including the Chief Secretary and the Secretary for Security, who for many hours answered queries, discussed differences and considered our advice. It is too much for any legislator to hope that the laws he makes will cater for every combination of circumstances that may arise, but these new laws and how they operate in practice will be kept under close review, and it may be that amendments will have to be made in the light of experience, but if there are obscurities or deficiencies it is not for want of trying to
remove them.
We are very gratified to learn that you have secured assurances of utmost co-operation from the Authorities in Guangzhou.
Sir, all my unofficial colleagues, on behalf of
whom I speak, support the motion.
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