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totally uncharacteristic of our community, an image which would be
so very harmful to international confidence in Hong Kong, which at this stage in our history we must all want and seek to maintain and
build. Do they really believe their action is in Hong Kong's interes
Before they come up in their own defence that they only did it for a
more democratic Hong Kong, I suggest they ask themselves whether
what they have done and what they have achieved reflect the wishes of our people, and whether they have contributed to the well-being
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of our beloved community. Lsome activists have publicly denounced
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the White Paper, not only for its decision not to introduce direct elections in 1988, but also for its proposal to replace the pistrict Board's Electoral College in 1991 with direct elections.. We do not need long memory to recall that only in 1985, immediately after the first round of Electoral College elections, that the same people
divisive criticised the existing indirect method as, decisive and harmful to
distuct brands the harmonious cooperation within the sand advocated that it should therefore give way to direct elections. I remember well, for I have personally reflected that view in this Council, Now that such views have been accepted by Government as the basis for the substitute of indirect by direct popular selections, the original advocates have become its critics. No rationale has be given for this
Λ U-turn. None exists. To replace one with the other renders the d method and the systems simpler, cleaner and therefore more effective. It eliminates the question of double loyalty, and the representatives so elected are held directly accountable to the electorate. There is a view, presently championed by academic and political organis- ations that the White Paper is the cause for the low turn-out of voters in the recent District Board Elections.
Elections. Such an opinion
must be based on the assumption that most candidates who joined the
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elections have their eye on a seat in the legislature. I wonder
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how, such an assumption can be substantiated for the vast majority
district bound
of members I have met have been dedicated solely to improving the quality of life in their own districts, rather than treating their role as the stepping-stone to Legcc. In other constitutional
it is not unusual to separate the local councils from the
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