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Chapter VIII

The Way Forward

75.

1987 Green Paper

The public response to the 1987

The forms of representation

showed that there is а strong desire among the

community for the system of representative government

to be developed further.

developed over the years have proved to be effective

and to have

have firm popular support. The three-tier

structure of government received strong endorsement in

the 1987 review and there is a clear wish among the

people of

of Hong Kong to retain and strengthen this

system. At the same time there is substantial support

for the view that future development should take the

form of a prudent and gradual evolution, to ensure

stability between now and 1997 and a smooth transfer of

government in 1997.

76.

The decisions announced in this White Paper

reflect all these considerations, and take full account

of all the views expressed during the course of the

review. A continuing, steady evolution of Hong Kong's

system of representative government is clearly in the

best interests of the community, both to meet the

developing needs of Our society and to maintain

confidence in our future. Such a process has broad

support within the community.

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