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reform to

introduce instability

an extent that might introduce

and uncertainty into

the

territory.

In

this connexion,

administration

of

the

it

is particularly

the

to

important that the people of Hong Kong should have confidence in the system of government during period leading up to the restoration of Hong Kong China in 1997, and in continuity after

in continuity after 1997 when Hong

Kong will be a Special Administrative Region of

People's Republic of China.

the

5.

The Government's objectives with regard to the representative government in Hong Kong are

system of

therefore as follows:

(a)

that it

continue should

to evolve

to

(b)

suit Hong Kong's circumstances;

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 as a whole;

and

(d)

that the

before 1997 in place before system in place

should permit

а smooth

transition

in

1997 and a high degree of continuity

thereafter.

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