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Q. BY NANCY LEE, TVB NEWS: MAY # ASK MR LUCE WHETHER
HE THINKS LOCAL RULE, SELF-GOVERNMENT, IN HONG KONG IS POSSIBLE
AND IS BENEFICIAL TO THE SOCIETY OF HONG KONG?
MR LUCE: COULD YOU JUST REPEAT THAT, 4'.M
SO SORRY
COULDN'T QUITE •?
MR ROBERTS: LOCAL RULE AND SELF-GOVERNMENT S
THAT WHAT YOU SAND?
MR LUCE: COULD YOU JUST REPEAT EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAND?
Q: DO YOU THINK LOCAL RULE, SELF-GOVERNMENT, 'S POSSIBLE IN HONG KONG AND DO YOU THINK HIT WILL BE BENEFICHAL TO OUR SOCHETY?
A: WELL, IN ONE SENSE # THINK THAT GOES BACK TO THE POINT MADE EARLIER THAT HI HAVE NOTICED VERY MUCH AT A COMMUNITY LEVEL THE WAY IN WHICH THERE IS FAR GREATER PARTICIPATION BY PEOPLE
IN THEIR OWN AFFAIRS. HIT WAS ONLY THIS MORNING THAT WAS SITTING
IN ON A MEETING OF THE SHATIN DISTRICT BOARD AT WHICH WAS ABLE
TO HEAR THEM, AN ELEMENT OF WHICH WAS ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE, WITH THE PRESS LISTENING MIN TO THE PROCEEDINGS, REPORTING AND DECIDING ON CERTAIN COMMUNITY PROBLEMS AT THAT LEVEL, YES,
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CERTAINLY. THE VERY STATUS, OF COURSE, OF HONG KONG
45 SOMETHING THAT DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU MAKES THE QUESTION
OF ELECTIONS AT A BROADER LEVEL MORE DIFFICULT. THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT'S FULLY UNDERSTOOD AND HAS BEEN OVER THE YEARS. ON THE QUESTION OF AUTONOMY, ME THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE RAISING, AGA:IN
REALLY HONG KONG IS CREATED BY THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG AND THE
PEOPLE OF HONG KONG ARE MADE UP 98 PERCENT, AM RIGHT, OF HONG KONG CHINESE, AND THIS NT SEMMS HS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
Q: WHAT *# MEAN :DS LOCAL GOVERNMENT WITHOUT BRITISH PRESENCE.
A: WELL, AGAIN IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHAT, POST '97 - ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT NOW, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT
CONTEXT?
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WHAT IS THE
Q: POST '97.
A: WELL THINK IN HAVE TO ANSWER YOU IN A FASHION WHICH YOU'LL
FIND JUST A LITTLE TEDIOUS AND NEED SAY NO MORE.
Q. BY JOHN NG NEW EVENING POST:
YOU HAVE TWICE REFERRED TO HONG KONG AS A COUNTRY
A: 'M SO SORRY, AS A TERRITORY, HONG KONG AS A TERRITORY
DO APOLOGISE, IF THERE'S ANY. MISUNDERSTANDING | MEANT A TERRITORY,
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