TNAG-1726-FCO40-2439-Minutes-and-Hansards-of-the-Legislative-Council-of-Hong-Kong-1988 — Page 157

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once again, have different views.

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Therefore, though

my aspirations will not realised, I do not think

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that it automatically means that I will have to reject

the whole White Paper. And neither will I think that

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the implementation of direct elections may

my striving for direct elections in 1988 mas a failure. If we did not raise, our voice in the past, then I am

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afraid that even as late as 1991, we might not have

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for the lowering of the voting age, the Authority might

not have taken notice of this matter. Therefore,

dohot think than we should spend

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time on arguing for direct election in 1988. With

the publication of the White Paper, development in representative government in Hong Kong has moved into a new stage

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and there have been emergence of a whole lot of challenges, which we that should be faced up to by us, have to face, will emerge.

First, the Green Paper published

in the middle of 1984 designated the start of the representative government, but the signing of the Joint Declaration in 1985 brought along a new political scenario. Therefore Ce development

after 1985 became an undecided problem.

development

And In

the past few years, because of this issue, the society

of Hong Kong was plunged for a long-time into a state of dispute.. People representing different interest racked their brains and pulled out all the stops to

strive for the realisation of their wishes. Because

of this, there were even tense moments in respect of the relationship between China, Britain and Hong Kong.

The publication of the White Paper showed that this phase in our development has passed. The White Paper clarified the certain development in

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