TNAG-1441-FCO40-1925-Constitutional-development-in-Hong-Kong-1987 — Page 19

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to dismiss death sentence;

- The jurisdiction of the Legislative Council would not be

changed whatsoever.

The status is limited

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Neither this nor that can be touched upon. Hence, the

remaining one that can be discussed is the part on direct election and

amendments to indirect election in detail, including the addition of

several functional constituencies and the change of form for the

electoral college.

It is by no means a problem to introduce partial direct

elections as China would not in any way raise objection. As long as

the Executive Council and the Chief Executive are vested with the power

and provided that the Executive Council which comprises the highest-ranking

officials and the Chief Executive are appointed by the Central Government,

there is nothing to be afraid of even though there are several more

directly-elected councillors in the Legislative Council.

If the prediction on the contents of the review on political

system is confirmed, the status of the Legislative Council up to here

would allow no further enhancement.

is a certain extent of recession.

In fact, on the contrary, there

Last year, the Legislative Council

still had the hope of 'inheriting power from the Government'. Now that

the inheritance plan has been smashed, it is immediately revealed for what it is a pressure group within the government structure.

This disappointing development is decisively due to the

intervention of China. But what makes the Chinese Government act so

obviously in its intervention?

It is the discord of the Hong Kong people

that is to blame. The capitalists and the Chinese leaders acted secretly

and they would promise to support anything so long as their interests

are protected. China therefore basically feels the outcome is a foregone

On the other hand, professionals refuse to participate in

conclusion.