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Council's the relationship between the Executive and the Legislative as weta, contained in the 1984 Paper. [In my view, when we pra anergy in the fight for democracy and demand devolution of power from the ruler, we should really think how we can fight on behalf
offerction of the people. Some people would like to belong to the objectio: side but I dont want to do that. I really would like to contribute my efforts for the Legislative Council. Sir, I think what we want to do now is to expand the powers of the Legislative Council and
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do a better jobs to achieve this aim, elected members must first of all get the support of the appointed counterparts and work as a whole, and should not, just because they are fighting for democracy, accuse appointed members of acting against their conscience and saying that they are blind followers of the Government, because If they do so, a line will be drawn between the
appointed and the elected. This has indeed infuriated and alienated
me. Secondly, the elected should try their best to join all advisory and policy-making bodies so that eventually, a certain proportion of seats in these bodies will be permanently set aside for Legislative Councillors. In this way we can reflect public opinions more effectively and thus influence Government's policies. I went
would like to like to start off with the question of power and go on to say something about direct elections and the question of confidence in China, because this is related to the preservation of Hong Kong people's confidence. After 1997, China will exercise sovereignty
over Hong Kong: can Hong Kong people then lodge their dissatisfaction with Beijing? As I said earlier, the views of the people must reach the top; this is very important, But direct election is no guarantee
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a chance to experience for themselves the,
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doing things and people's attitudes between Hong Kong and China.
For example, some Chinese-funded organisations sent the Minister
for Education to oversee economic matters; the Minister had a lot
of power and he did not have to listen to his Hong Kong staff.
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