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DRAFT SPEECH BY DR HON HENRIETTA IP

ON UNOFFICIAL MEMBER'S MOTION

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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2.8.84

Sir,

With the publication of the green paper, heated debates on different aspects of the green paper by different sectors of our community followed. However, we the people of Hong Kong all have a final objective in common. We want all governing bodies

which will exist in Hong Kong to be as representative of the people as possible, to constitute balanced professionalism, and we want action from the chosen ones in further improving the

quality of our community.

Though demanding and persistant, Sir, I do recognise

that this is easier said than done. There are many ways to meet

the same objective and it is therefore so tempting always to aim

for ONE UPMANSHIP, and that is, to propose a better plan. I too

am guilty of such temptation! Hence for as many occasions as I can get, I have tried to catch government officials offguard, cornering them with what I considered to be a more ideal method, then waiting patiently for their reactions.

I have mentally toyed with the ideas of:-

direct elections, then the other extreme,

complete indirect elections even for the

professionals, using the concept of designated

seats

a faster or a slower rate of progression to

completely by election

requirement of previous government advisory board

membership or the like, to test out the

contributory potentials of a person standing for

elections

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