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reading a copy of the speech from the honourable Miss Lydia Dunn itiner yesterday. At the bottom of page 3 she said, and this is a draft only of course, but I also remember her saying it in this Council, she said,
1. *If the views of the community on this issue have been as decisive as
those on all the other key issues in the Green Paper and had clearly supported their demands, and I have no doubt all my colleagues on the Executive Council would have advised you Sir to introduce direct elections this year.". Well, when she was actually on her feet, and addressing you, Sir, obviously she was addressing you as President of the Council. But in the context, clearly meant you, Sir, in the capacity
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When I sought to see the President of the Council, about ten days ago on a Saturday morning, I was given the courtesy by you, Sir
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Manch motion for debate on last Wednesday the 9th should or should not be ruled out of order. Sir, I asked to see you as the President of this Council, in my capacity as a member, and I was somewhat disturbed, if
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Hall Sir, this is not easy to keep in mind what role the same person is really adopting at a particular given time. I too on occasions, Sir, 28 have wrongly referred to you as the Governor,when in fact I ought to
have said the President Sir, the role of the Governor, over the recent
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years has been politicised more than before and it must be embarrassing for you, Sir, as the Governor and also since as the President of this Council, to deal with points of order and so on when you are very much concerned in your capacity Governor, with a lot of political reforms here in Hong Kong. But the important thing
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