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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE FOR BETTERMENT OF HONG KONG.
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Ma Parkes
1. AN APPLICATION DATED 28 APRIL HAS BEEN RECEIVED FOR THE REGISTRATION AS A COMPANY OF THE DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE FOR BETTERMENT OF HONG KONG. THIS IS TAM YIU-CHUNG'S PRO-CHINA POLITICAL PARTY. AS YOU KNOW, TAM IS A LEGCO MEMBER AND VICE- CHAIRMAN OF THE FEDERATION OF TRADES UNIONS. THE MAIN SUBSCRIBERS ARE TAM HIMSELF, CHENG KAI-NAM (VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE HONG KONG FEDERATION OF EDUCATION WORKERS) AND CHAN YEUN-HAN CA PRO-CHINA TRADES UNIONIST WHO UNSUCCESSFULLY CONTESTED ONE OF THE DIRECTLY ELECTED LEGCO SEATS LAST SEPTEMBER).
2. THE MAIN OBJECTS OF THE ALLIANCE ARE DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
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(1) TO SUPPORT THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION ON THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG AND THE BASIC LAW OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION, TO SUPPORT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT RESUMING THE EXERCISE OF SOVEREIGNTY OVER HONG KONG IN 1997, TO GATHER PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE TO BUILD A STABLE, PROSPEROUS, DEMOCRATIC AND FREE SOCIETY IN HONG KONG IN REALIZING THE POLICY OF HAVING TWO SYSTEMS WITHIN ONE COUNTRY AND HONG KONG PEOPLE RULING HONG KONG WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF AUTONOMY, AND TO PROMOTE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND COMMUNICATION BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA SO AS TO ESTABLISH A HARMONIOUS RELATIONSHIP OF CO-OPERATION:
(2) TO PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG BY HONG KONG PEOPLE, TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT MEMBERS TAKING PART IN POLITICAL AFFAIRS AND IN ELECTIONS AT ALL LEVELS, TO WORK FOR ORDERLY PROGRESS TOWARDS A DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL SYSTEM WITH THE ULTIMATE AIM OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND ALL MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE BEING SELECTED BY POPULAR ELECTION, AND TO SAFEGUARD SOCIAL AND POLITICAL STABILITY IN THE TERRITORY BEFORE AND AFTER THE TRANSITION:
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