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The week also saw the attack by two pro-Gios spokesman of the Green Paper. In an interview with the BK Daily News, Urban Councillor Dr. Denny Hung said the proposals did not represent an open political system. Representatives elected by functional an geographical constituencies would work for Britain's interest and this would do wore harm than good to HK.
Pro-China lawyer Dorothy Liu told a luncheon meeting on August 8 that direct elections would be helpful to HK's democratimtion and the Government should introduce one or two elected seats in Legco initially to enable people to familiarise themselves with
•lections and politice. She claimed that the Government wanted to introduce a representative system hastily as part of a plot to retain a residual British presence here after 1997
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The Chinese-language press also accorded good coverage of the Secretary for Home Affairs remarks on Openline (asa Electronic Media Section) and statements by seafor CITA officiele in
seminars.
CHTA Principal Assistant Secretary C.M. Leung reiterated at a seminar held earlier in the week that to introduce direct elections hastily sight create social unrest and affect investors' confidence He was quoted by King Pao as mying that the Mhite Paper on representative government would be completed after a Sino-British draft agreement announced. He expected the White Paper would have some "dramtic development", but he did not elaborate.
Acting HX and Kowloon Regional Secretary Albert La told a Mong Kok DB meeting that an opinion survey showed that about 90 per cent of the respondents supported the Green Paper's proposals for progressive reforms.
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