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Today my Government colleagues and I will respond to those comments and views. I shall speak first on behalf of the Chief Secretary in response to Members' remarks on the present and future government of Hong Kong and on the public service. I shall then speak on matters relating to the administration of justice in Hong Kong. Secretary for Security will speak on crime prevention and other issues of public order. will be followed by the Secretary for District Administration who in addition to his own responsibilities will deal with housing matters. The Secretary for Health and Welfare, the Secretary for Education and Manpower, the Secretary for Lands and Works and the Secretary for Transport will respond to Members' remarks on their respective areas of responsibility. Finally, the Secretary for Trade and Industry and the Financial Secretary will wind up the debate covering economic and financial
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Constitutional Reform
There is no doubt which issue most attracted the attention of Members in this debate: the 1987 Review of the development of representative government and in particular the question of direct elections to this Council. The forthright and strongly argued case both for and against direct elections in the debate is itself a reflection of the nature of the Legislative Council since 1985, when, following the White Paper of November 1984, its size and composition were significantly changed. Similarly, too, the nature of the public
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