GOVERNMENT'S VIEWS ON HOW THIS CONSULTATIVE PROCESS WILL BE CARRIED OUT AND EXACTLY WHAT ITS SCOPE SHOULD BE. WE ARE NOT SEEKING TO RUSH THEM BUT IT MUST BE OBVIOUS TO THEM THAT THESE MATTERS ARE NOW OF VERY GREAT INTEREST IN HONG KONG.
12. WE RECOGNISE THAT THERE CAN BE NO EARLY DECISIONS AND INDEED THESE DECISIONS SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN WITHOUT CAREFUL CONSIDERATION AND WIDE CONSULTATION. DUPING THE NEXT YEAR OR SO, WHILE THIS DEBATE PROCEEDS IN HONG KONG, NEITHER GOVERNMENT SHOULD ADOPT PRE-CONCEIVED IDEAS. BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE BLDC AND BLCC, THERE WILL PE A CONSIDERABLE FERMENT OF IDEAS ABOUT HONG KONG'S. STRUCTUPE OF GOVERNMENT. THE BRITISH SIDE WILL NOT BE FORMENTING THIS DEBATE: IT WILL HAPPEN NATURALLY. THE RESULTS OF SEPTEM- PER'S LEGCO ELECTIONS AND THE SHORT EXPERIENCE THUS FAR OF THE NEW LEGCO, INDICATE THAT THIS DEBATE WILL BE OPEN, SINCERE AND RESPONS- IPLE.
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