RULE OF LAW
29. IN AGREEMENT WITH MR SWAINS WHO HAD CALLED FOR MK'S PRESENT SYSTEM OF LAW AND JUSTICE TO BE MAINTAINED, AG SAID THAT IT WAS ESSENTIAL TO THE WELL-BEING OF THIS COMMUNITY THAT THE CARDINAL FEATURES OF HK'S LEGAL SYSTEM SE PRESERVED, AND THAT ALL THOSE WHO LIVE AND TRADE IN HONG KONG SHOULD HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE RULE
OF LAW.
FUTURE OF HONG KONG
30. MANY MEMBERS RAMSED THE QUESTION OF THE FUTURE IN THEIR DEBATE, MOST EXPRESSING CONFIDENCE IN AN ACCEPTABLE SOLUTION BEING FOUND, ONE OR TWO EXPRESSING ANXIETY AND CALLING FOR PERIODIC ANNOUNCEMENTS TO REDUCE UNCERTAINTY AND SPECULATION. THE CS WHILE RE-STATING GOVERNMENT'S DETERMINATION TO BUILD FOR FURTHER PROSPERITY, SAID THAT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO PREDICT HOW LONG THE NEGOTIATIONS WOULD TAKE. THE REASONS FOR CONFIDENTIALITY HAD BEEN EXPLAINED MANY TIMES BEFORE AND WERE NOT REPEATED.
POINTS TO MAKE
31. MANY UNOFFICIALS MENTIONED THE FUTURE, AND THE MAJORITY EXPRESSED CNFIDENCE IN A SATISFACTORY AND ACCEPTABLE SOLUTION
BEING FOUND.
32. THE MOST PROMINENT OF THE MAIN THEMES WAS EDUCATION WHICH IS IN KEEPING WITH THE PUBLIC INTEREST EXPRESSED OVER THE OVERALL REVIEW OF THE HONG KONG EDUCATION SYSTEM.
3. THE WIDE RANGE OF SUBJECTS RAISED BY UNOFFICIALS CLEARLY SHOWS THAT THEY ARE VERY MUCH IN TOUCH WITH THE GENERAL PUBLIC, AWARE OF ISSUES OF PUBLIC CONCERN AND DETERMINED TO WORK WITH THE GOVERNMENT TO BUILD FOR FUTURE PROSPERITY AND TO MAKE HONG KONG A BETTER PLACE
FOR ITS PEOPLE.
YOUDE
LIMITED
HKD
NEWS.D.
PS/MR. LUCE
MR. GIFFARD
MR. DONALD
THIS TELEGRAM
WAS NOT ADVANCED
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