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want to find out the truth about Hong Kong, and this is your
task, I would respectfully suggest that you get the Hong Kong Governor's consent to release all present and past senior civil servants and Members of the Executive Council from their oath of secrecy.
Yesterday, last night, you remember you
a question in our in-house meeting for examples of Chinese interventions in Hong Kong recently and I gave you
three. After the meeting, a Member of the Executive
Council came up to me and said, "Martin, but for that oath
of secrecy, I would have told them more."
CHAIRMAN:
Mr. Lee, thank you very much for those
opening comments.
And you have touched on a number of
issues, which I know we would like to seek your views on
further. Can I first begin with the central issue, and that
is the question of democratization and your metaphor that
the ship is off course.
MR MARTIN LEE:
Yes
CHAIRMAN:
...and your phrase that Britain, I think you
used the phrase that Britain should give Hong Kong its
democracy. Our problem is this, and I know it is one you
understand - but I would like you to comment on it that we
hear different voices on the bridge of this ship, many
different voices, and we find it difficult to establish what
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