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MR MARTIN LEE: There is absolutely no fear of that.
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Even if
we do nothing, this "Cha Cha proposal, which I call it will
be changed, because I have been told by Chinese drafters that
But, the end product will be a slight
it will be changed.
improvement, but it is far, far away from the sort of genuine
democracy that we think would enable the people of Hong Kong
to administer Hong Kong with a high degree of autonomy.
MR EDWARD ROWLANDS: what at least can you tell us ?
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What
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at least these minimal changes that you understand the
Chinese authorities are willing to offer?
MR MARTIN LEE: Yes, at the moment it is only at the 14th
year, or thereabouts that there will be a referendum and it
is subject to all sorts of restrictions which make it
impossible to materialize.
Now, I think they are bound to
bring forward that date, where the people would have a chance
to decide whether they go for more democracy or not - that
date will be advanced by five years, or maybe even slightly
more but to me, the whole rationale of democracy for Hong
Kong and that is the corner stone of the policy of one
country two systems, is that is if we are to exercise a high
degree of autonomy in order to separate our system from the
one across the border, we need something to assure ourselves
that our leaders will rule Hong Kong in the interests of the
people of Hong Kong and not in the interests of China
that is what democracy is all about.
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