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LegCo Motion Debate on 24 June 1992
Speech by the Secretary for Constitutional Affairs
Mr Deputy President,
It has
Government's,
and
a steady progress
been always been the Hong Kong Her Majesty's Government's, wish to see towards a greater degree of democracy
in Hong Kong on a basis that can be sustained after
the transfer of sovereignty in 1997.
In response to
the expressed desires of the Hong Kong community for a more rapid rate of progress in this regard, Her Majesty's
Government decided in early 1990 after
the Chinese Government to increase
directly elected seats in this Council
in 1991, and to not fewer than 20 in 1995.
announcement of this decision in the Parliament,
the Secretary of State, Mr. Douglas Hurd said: "We wish to establish in Hong Kong, before 1997, a system of government
which includes from the outset a substantial element of
democracy, and which can endure and further develop
after 1997.
We shall continue to
press the case for
a faster pace of democratisation."
discussion with
the number of
from 10 to 18
At the time of
Her Majesty's Government's
commitment to raise
with the Chinese Government before the 1995 elections
the pace of democratic development in Hong Kong has since
been reaffirmed by ministers when they visited the territory in April and September 1990 and also by the
Prime Minister
last year.
during
his
visit here in
September
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