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arena and I believe, these words of authority coming from Mr. Weber are worthy-to-remind us that all political
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I should remember lin: Weber s now in Hong Kong Sir, the issue of direct election has all along been the most controversial issue in the past few years as we talk about political development in Hong Kong.
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A lot of people from our socation of from a lot of
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professions have advocated direct elections in 1988 but at the same time there is also a substantial number of
citizens who hold the contrary views; and they advocate the
postponement of direct elections.
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to make an "Compromise and by. prolenged. Since we have a situation in which we do not
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& dêruun. party will be when gemurent has come to suti 2 Alston: party will be happy and the other disappointed. So, the crux of the matter is not really what the decision of the Government is but rather what basis the decision has been put
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In May last year, we have already reached a consensus on the basic factor that we should consider in this
issue And that is, the public opinion that we should consider this as the ultimate factor. That is why we have the Survey Office and we have the poll surveys, and the outcome is at 25 that we have was that a lot of people in Hong Kong advocate
direct election in the long run. I must admit that there is divergence of views concerning whether we should have direct
not based on elections in 1988 and this conclusion is not reached just because I have referred to the two official surveys which have come under such strong criticism$ Even if we refer to the submissions to the Survey Office and to the independent surveys conducted by private companies, we have to reach the same conclusion.
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Sir, since we have to face such a big question and since we have such divergence of views, I think anybody with realistic passion and sense of responsibility will try to strike
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