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agree with Mrs. Pauline Ng and Mr. Brown that

appropriate financial arrangements need to be devised

to enable potential candidates from all walks of life

to come forward and participate in the government of

Hong Kong in the future. I also heartily endorse the

calls made by Mr. Peter Poon, Mr. WONG Lam, and

Mr. CHEUNG Yan-Lung and others for more civic

education to be provided although, however apathetic

Hong Kong people may be thought to be by Miss Dunn,

Mr. Alex Wu and Mr. Poon about politics as such, it is not

my personal experience and I am sure it is not theirs

either as Unofficial Members that there is a lack

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of interest in how our public affairs are managed.

Nevertheless, I am sure that the plans for developing

civic education in schools described by the Director

of Education in this Council on 25 July will ultimately

improve what Mr. Peter Wong described as civic awareness.

Functional Constituencies

11. As regards functional constituencies, to which

Mrs. Rita Fan, Dr. HO Kam-fai and several other

Members referred, I agree that this concept is described

in general terms only in the Green Paper and that many

questions remain to be answered as to how to define

the constituencies and the electoral rules to be

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