TNAG-1726-FCO40-2439-Minutes-and-Hansards-of-the-Legislative-Council-of-Hong-Kong-1988 — Page 39

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In 1984, the Administration said

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of directly elected seats in the Legislative Council.

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division in public opinion, we will have to wait until 1991 when we can have directly elected

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seats in the Legislative Council. If public opinion is changing in the past three years and Bas on

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the logic of the existing Administration whether there will be

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the ten directly elected seats, can really be implemented

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upon the public opinion at that time.

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expressed in this of public opinion, very often the opinions inside

are completely different from those expressed the Chamber of this council and outside the Councill

are completely different, The reasons are quite plain. For responsible and representative government, should listen to views of various sectors in the community in order to make a fair judgement.

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said during the 1987 political review, about half of the Members of this Council agreed and half of the Members disagreed to having 1908 direct elections in 1988. And for the two Municipal Councils, about to two third's

of the Members are agreeable to direct elections.

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And for the District Boards, about half of the Members are against and half the Werbera agree to direct elections.

Thus AS in the three-tier structure, about half of the Members agreed to direct elections and half are against.

Considers the opinions of and If the Government only adopt, those who me opposed

direct elections and disregards those who agree

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