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reform to an extent that might introduce instability

into the administration

and

uncertainty

of the

territory. In this connexion, it is particularly

important that the people of Hong Kong should have

confidence in the system of government during the

period leading up to the restoration of Hong Kong to

China in 1997, and in continuity after 1997 when Hong

Kong will be а Special Administrative Region of the

People's Republic of China.

5.

The Government's objectives with regard to the

system of representative government in Hong Kong are

therefore as follows:

(a) that it should continue to evolve to

suit Hong Kong's circumstances;

(b) that its development should be prudent

and gradual;

(c) that any reforms should have the widest

possible support SO as to command the

confidence of the community

a whole;

(a)

and

that the system in place before 1997

should permit a smooth transition in

1997 and a high degree of

thereafter.

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continuity