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OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW TO ADVANTAGE THEIR CAPACITIES, THEIR RIGHTS AND THEIR TALENTS. ACCORDING TO A REPORT FROM MR MUN KIN-CHOK, AN EXPERT ON HONG KONG, WHICH WAS PUBLISHED IN HONG KONG PAPERS, DIRECTOR JI PENGFEI TOLD HIM THAT CHINA CONSIDERS IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO PRACTICE IN HONG KONG A THREE PART SYSTEM FOR THE COMPOSITION OF HONG KONG'S FUTURE PARLIAMENT - ONE PART PRO-CHINA, ONE PART PRO-BRIAIN AND ONE PART NEUTRAL THAT THIS WILL ALLOW FOR FULL REFLECTION OF THE OPINIONS OF VARIOUS PARTIES AND FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF A BALANCED COMPOSITION. I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN DIRECTOR JI PENGFEI AND MR HUN KIN-CHOK BECAUSE I WAS NOT PRESENT, BUT IF THE FUTURE ADMINISTRATION OF HONG KONG IS PLACED IN THE LEADERSHIP OF A TEAM OF THIS COMPOSITION, I BELIEVE THAT EACH INHABITANT OF HONG KONG WILL BE ABLE TO PLAY HIS PART AND SHOW HIS TALENTS TO ADVANTAGE IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF HONG KONG. CHINA HAS ALREADY FORMULATED FIRM AND EXPLICIT GUARANTEES. THE NATIONAL PEOPLES CONGRESS ENVISAGES THE ADOPTION OF A LAW TO DEFINE THE RULE OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION. SO WHY WOULD PEOPLE WANT TO LEAVE HONG KONG WHEN EVERYONE COULD STAY AND PLAY HIS PART? NATURALLY IT CANNOT BE RULED OUT THAT THERE WILL BE A MINORITY WHO PREFER BRITISH RULE AND IF THEY TAKE THE DECISION TO LEAVE HONG KONG IT WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE TO PREVENT THEM. BUT CHINA DOES NOT WANT TO SEE SUCH A SITUATION.
CHINA HOPES THEY WILL STAY.
Q: IS THAT TO SAY THAT JI PENGFEI ENVISAGES THAT THE FUTURE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG WILL BE COMPOSED ONE THIRD OF SUPPORTERS OF THE PRC, ONE THIRD OF SUPPORTERS OF THE CURRENT BRITISH SYSTEM AND ONE THIRD OF HONG KONG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE TWO. IS IT A QUESTION OF THE COMPOSITION OF THE FUTURE ADMINISTRATION OF HONG KONG
OR OF SOMETHING ELSE?
A: IT IS A QUESTION OF THE FUTURE PARLIAMENT OF HONG KONG. Q: THERE IS PRESENTLY IN HONG KONG A SYSTEM MADE UP OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. A CHINESE MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL SUGGESTED THAT MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SHOULD BE ELECTED, AND PERHAPS MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL TOO. I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF THIS PROPOSITION. THERE IS ALSO THE SITUATION IN THE FUTURE. DID YOUR REMARKS ABOUT THE THREE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS CONCERN THE SITUATION WHEN CHINA HAS RECOVERED SOVEREIGNTY OVER
HONG KONG?
A: THE SYSTEM ENVISAGED BY JI PENGFEI IS ONE OF HIS IDEAS FOR THE SITUATION AFTER 1997. HE PUT IT FORWARD IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE HONG KONG PEOPLE TO PRESENT THEIR PROPOSITIONS ON THE METHOD OF RUNNING HONG KONG AFTER 1997. HE ENCOURAGED THEM TO PRESENT THE IR PROPOSITIONS. THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HOPES TO OPEN DISCUSS- IONS WITH THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG IN ORDER TO DEFINE A BASIC LAW
CONCERNING THE HONG KONG SAR.
Q: DOES THIS IDEA RELATE NOT TO THE COMPOSITION OF THE PARLIAMENT
BUT TO THE RIGHT OF VOTE?
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