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In interviews with ATV-English's "Newsline" and RTHK'e "News Plus" on ATV-English earlier in the week, visiting Labour MP Dr Jeremy Bray expressed views on the Green Paper different from the remarks he made during a press conference (see the trinese Press Coverage section). Speaking in "Hewaline”, he said the Green Paper was the biggest single step taken by the HK Government to ensure a
Há called on residents smooth transition for the territory in 1997. to concentrate on the legislature and on the Government's role rather
Dr Bray old than on the percentage of the alected seate in Legco, "News Plue" that he believed Chinese leaders had not raised the Green Paper proposels during Secretary of State Sir Geoffrey Howe's Peking visit. This was because China did not want to commit itself at this stage to endorse any administrative patterns in HK. Also, it might be regarded as an intervention in local affairs if Peking discussed the issue with Sir Geoffrey. Dr Bray's view was shared by another interviewas of "Hawa Plus" Industrial Committee (CIC).
Dr L.K. Ding of the Christien
Speaking in ATV-Chinese's "Hewsline", Editor-in-chief of
Nineties Monthly, Lee Yee, disagreed with a suggestion that the Green Paper proposals were imposed on China by the HR Government because democratisation and aalf-rule were the only my out for the territory. In view of the different concepts of democracy in Chin and in HK, it was questionable whether Peking would allow democratization here after 1997. Sharing this view, political columnist Dr Margaret Rg told the programe that the Green Papar un part of the ongoing democratigation here and should not be sand as the British Government's design to ensure a smooth passage of an #greement on HK' future by local residents and by Parliament.
Among them
Panellists at several aedrare held by the two radio stations earlier in the weak again called for direct elections. were Lau Rai-kaung and Lo Chi-kio of Meeting Point. P.A, Tu of the HX Observers, Wong Tai Sin DB seaber Cheung Shul-cheung, Lee Ming-kwan of the BK Polytechnic, BKD political science tutor Teang Keung and Bocking Wong of the International Affairs College.
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