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Hong Kong's future po.itical system will be determined by
the Basic Law, not constitutional reforms. The system of representative
government was drawn up by the British on the basis of their past experience in decolonization. The Legislative Council Powers and
Privileges Bill 1985, for example, had borrowed certain provisions
from legislation in Kenya, a former British colony in Africa, and
many of the wordings in the Bill are obsolete and outdated. The
British have produced a vintage car and asked Hongkong people to ride
in it. But the car's record shows it to be trouble-prone and
dangerous. If such is the case, why not learn from the merits of
other governments and the unfavourable experience of Britain's
former colonies so as to design a modern car for Hongkong people
which is suited to the territory's own circumstances? Of course, the
sketch for this car cannot be completed within a short time, but one
can surely arrive at a draft sketch as regards the car's design
and functions by 1987.
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