TNAG-1726-FCO40-2439-Minutes-and-Hansards-of-the-Legislative-Council-of-Hong-Kong-1988 — Page 45

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government in Hong Kong are therefore as follows:

(a) that it should continue to evolve to

suit Hong Kong's circumstances;

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that its development should be prudent and

gradual;

that any reforms should have the widest

possible support so as to command the confidence

of the community as a whole; and

that the system in place before 1997 should

permit a smooth transition in 1997 and

a high degree of continuity thereafter.

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Stephen Cheong, sang high praises to the introductory

paragraphs of this. White Paper and I would

like to take a little time in order to demonstrate

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that with the proposal

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ten directly elected seats will be introduced-in

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of that it should continue to evolve to suit Hong Kong's circumstances". We started indirect elections

in a big way in 1985. We started off by introducing 24 out of the 46 seats for non-government Members which prevented A slight majority, of course not counting the officials.

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But the White Paper has proposed that, for this year,

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we add another, two seats. In terms of distancenation to distance.

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Sir, we took the first step which measured 24 inches, and we propose to take a second step which is going

to measures only two inches. One would have thought that there must be something wrong with that particular

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