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the British Parliament and other Western democratic countries would accept the Sino-British Joint Declaration. It is undeniable that, as far as understanding the internal affairs and the needs for political development
in Hong Kong are concerned, no organisation or government
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the reason, the Hong Kong Government at the present, allus moment lets the direction and pace of development of representative government in the '90s be decided by the Basic Law. This is both unwise and dangerous
that as this will give the bed impression the Hong
A Kong Government going back on its words and finishing poorly a job well started.
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Of even greater concern is that a senior official of China, responsible for Hong
Las Kong affairs, stated in public that since the people
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laid down for Hong Kong by China-might inevitably may
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developments, the Hong Kong Government should continue to stating the truth on behalf of the people of Hong
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Kong to ensure that the Basic Law will not go against
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policies in accordance with public opinion. During the collection of public opinion, the most gumentative
to the introdicetion of point, as you all know, was direct election in 1988. The argument frequently cited by the opposition
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