TNAG-1726-FCO40-2439-Minutes-and-Hansards-of-the-Legislative-Council-of-Hong-Kong-1988 — Page 30

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existing functions and terms of, reference of the

district becards.

Municipal Councils and DBS. By that time, there

Legislative Council will be

will only be the Legee responsible for central policies and local Councils responsible for district affairs.

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Fourth, legislative work needed

for the introduction of direct elections in 1991

introduced

should be implemented at an early date and the progress

of work in this regard should be monitored by this

to ensure

Council se that there will not be hitches caused

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by delays or sudden changes just before implementation.

Moreover, we should make full use of the Sino-British

Joint Liaison Group which will be stationed here

next

in Hong Kong with effect from July to reflect our aspirations and proposals on political reforms to

the Chinese and British Governments.

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Fifth, I think that although

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our Council has set up the Constitutional Development Panel to focus discussion on representative government and the Basic Law, we must go one step further and

obtain attention from the

strive to get the Chinese Government to attach importance

to the Panel's status and discuss its resulte proposels.

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Otherwise, it will only be empty words.

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Sir, I learned all the options in the White Paper and the objectives but, since I have grave reservations on the White Papër, I must voice my opinions and oppose the motion.

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