TNAG-1366-FCO40-1812-Hong-Kong-Legislative-Council-(Powers-and-Privileges)-Bill-1-1985 — Page 73

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THE FOLLOWING WAS ISSUED TO LOCAL PRESS AT 1800 HRS (HK TIME) TODAY (WEDNESDAY). PLEASE ONPASS TO FCO.

PUBLIC VIEWS CAREFULLY CONSIDERED GOVERNOR

REPRESENTATIONS MADE OVER THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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AND PRIVILEGES) BILL HAD BEEN VERY CAREFULLY CONSIDERED BY MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND VERY CONSCIENTIOUSLY ANSWERED, THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER TODAY'S LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING, SIR EDWARD SAID THE DEBATE ON THE BILL HAD BEEN A VERY IMPORTANT ONE IN THE HISTORY OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL,

+OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, A LARGE NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIONS HAD BEEN MADE IN RELATION TO THIS BILL, HE SAID.

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+I HOPE THAT THE SAME WIDE PUBLICITY WILL BE GIVEN TO THE SPEECHES WHICH WERE MADE THIS AFTERNOON AS WAS GIVEN TO THOSE REPRESENTATIONS BECAUSE I THINK IT WILL THEN BE CLEAR TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG THAT THE REPRESENTATIONS WERE VERY CAREFULLY CONSIDERED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND VERY CONSCIENTIOUSLY ANSWERED.

+AND IN CONCLUSION, I WOULD LIKE JUST TO PAY A TRIBUTE TO MISS TAM AND HER TEAM FOR ALL THE WORK THEY DID ON THE BILL AND TO ALL THOSE WHO MADE CONSTRUCTIVE SUGGESTIONS ON IT. + HE SAID.

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