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HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL - 1 March 1990

香港立法局—————————一九九0年三月一日

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付日益逼切的需求。與此同時,中英政府及商界,應同心合力,致力發展與世界經濟在貿易、投 資、製造業及金融業等方面的聯繫,包括鼓勵外商投資香港,及建立與亞太區其他國家的經濟連 繫,使香港成為一個經濟上的國際大都市。中港息息相關,香港亦須與華南地區及中國其他地區 發展緊密的經濟關係,達到互惠互利的目標。

要上述政策順利推展,亟需一個有效率的行政體系。透過公平而審慎的直接選舉,以事實證明 會選出具有德行及能力的議員,組成一個更有代表性和更能向市民負責的立法機關,繼續維持政 府有效率的運作,確保香港繼續安定繁榮,並藉以勸服中國政府檢討將會頒佈的基本法,進一步 發展民主政制,並且徹底取消私人提案及修正草案的分組投票,以免拖慢立法程序,影響政府運 作。

主席先生,我謹此陳辭,支持李鵬飛議員的動議 協力,以期建立一個成功的民主政制。」

「促請廣大市民為香港利益起見,齊心

MR. DAVID CHEUNG: Sir, I rise to join my honourable colleagues in expressing our disappointment with the political model proposed by the Basic Law Drafting Committee last month, with the deepest sentiment of regret.

Barring a miracle at the meeting of the National People's Congress later this month, the proposed model will be set in concrete, much as it falls far short of the OMELCO consensus and does not meet the general wishes of the people of Hong Kong.

It has been asserted that the proposed model is a big improvement on the version proposed in Guangzhou and should therefore satisfy the people of Hong Kong. Why should it be when the community's overwhelming support for the OMELCO consensus has not even been discussed, let alone adopted? The ultra- conservative Guangzhou model is but a bargaining chip.

People in Hong Kong have been accused of playing a number game. It is not true at all. Even if it was so, they are not to blame because by 2003, between the two models there is a difference of 30 directly elected seats in the legislature, and 30 is certainly a large number.

Nothing could be farther from the truth than to label the OMELCO consensus model as British, for if so, the British Government would have supported it. The painstaking efforts on the part of OMELCO Members to strive to reach a consensus amidst two polarized conceptions of democratization and to stick to the same model after what has happened on 4 June 1989 show that we, as responsible OMELCO Members, have taken the entire situation into careful consideration, including the political sensitivity of the Chinese leaders.

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