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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, PEKING
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FAC LEGCO DEBATE ON 5 JULY 1989
SUMMARY
1. LEGCO YESTERDAY UNANIMOUSLY PASSED A MOTION PROPOSED BY MR
ALLEN LEE WHICH NOTED THE FAC'S REPORT AND URGED HMG TO TAKE ADEQUATE AND APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO ENSURE A SAFE AND SECURE FUTURE FOR THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, INCLUDING THE RESTORATION OF FULL BRITISH CITIZENSHIP TO BRITISH SUBJECTS IN HONG KONG''
22. DISCUSSION FOCUSSED ON NATIONALITY, BILL OF RIGHTS, BASIC LAW ISSUES, PACE OF POLITICAL REFORM AND THE VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE (VBP)
NATIONALITY
3. ALL THOSE WHO SPOKE REFERRED TO THE NATIONALITY ISSUE. THERE WAS UNANIMOUS DENUNCIATION OF THE REPORT'S RECOMMENDATIONS ON NATIONALITY AND RIGHT OF ABODE WITH MUCH OF THE 5-HOUR DEBATE GIVEN TO ACCUSING HMG OF NOT FULFILLING THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL OBLIGATIONS TO BRITISH NATIONALS IN HONG KONG.
POLITICAL REFORM
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4 VIEWS ON THE PACE AND EXTENT OF POLITICAL REFORM WERE CLEARLY DIVIDED WITH THE MAJORITY WARNING AGAINST EXCESSIVE SPEED. ONLY TWO MEMBERS, MARTIN LEE AND RONALD CHOW, ENDORESED THE FAC PROPOSALS FOR 50 PERCENT DIRECT ELECTIONS TO LEGCO IN 1991 AND 100 PERCENT IN 1995. OTHERS CAUTIONED AGAINST WHAT THEY SAW AS THE RASH INTRODUCTION OF FULL DIRECT ELECTIONS. SZETO WAH REFERRED TO, BUT DID NOT SPECIFICALLY SPEAK IN FAVOUR OF, FASTER DEMOCRATISATION, IN THE CONTEXT OF THE OBJECTIVES OF THE HONG KONG PEOPLE SERVING HONG KONG CAMPAIGN''.
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5. DANIEL TSE SAID THAT IT WAS UP TO THE HONG KONG COMMUNITY TO GAUGE HOW QUICKLY HONG KONG COULD MOVE TOWARDS DEMOCRACY. MARIA TAM STRESSED THAT POLITICAL REFORM HAD TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE
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