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GOING TO PUT MYSELF IN A POSITION IN WHICH I DISTINGUISH BETWEEN ONE

SORT OF HONOURABLE MEMBER AND ANOTHER.

BUT OBVIOUSLY, I VERY MUCH HOPE THAT WE CAN HAVE AS BROAD A

BASE OF SUPPORT FOR THE POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG AS IS

POSSIBLE. THAT IS MY INTENTION, THAT HAS BEEN MY INTENTION. I'M GLAD

THAT ON, I THINK THE 11TH NOVEMBER, THE BODY OF SUPPORT SEEMED PRETTY

BROAD, EVEN WITHOUT I THINK THE CHIEF SECRETARY'S VOTE, AND I HOPE

THAT WHATEVER IS FINALLY AGREED BY THIS COUNCIL CAN HAVE AS MUCH

SUPPORT IN THIS COUNCIL AS POSSIBLE, AND CAN BE A FOUNDATION FOR THIS

COUNCIL WORKING MORE SUCCESSFULLY TOGETHER IN THE FUTURE. I DON'T

THINK IT'S SURPRISING THAT THESE ISSUES AROUSE PASSIONS IN THIS

COUNCIL, THEY'RE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ISSUES AND IT WOULD BE SURPRISING

IF THEY WEREN'T DEBATED PASSIONATELY. BUT WE DO HAVE TO LOOK TO, NOT

JUST THE NEXT FOUR-AND-A-HALF YEARS BUT THE NEXT FIFTY-FOUR-AND-A-HALF

YEARS, AND HOPE THAT OUT OF ALL THIS CAN COME NOT ONLY A MORE MATURE

AND MORE SELF-CONFIDENT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, BUT ALSO ONE WHICH DEVELOPS THE HABIT, WHEREVER POSSIBLE, OF WORKING CO-OPERATIVELY IN

THE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.

THE DB

FOR THE

MR GILBERT LEUNG: GOVERNOR, ABOUT THE POLITICAL PACKAGE IN YOUR POLICY

ADDRESS, THEY HAVE BEEN CRITICISED BY MANY PEOPLE. THE UDHK OPPOSES

RETAINING THE EX-OFFICIO SEATS IN THE DB'S AND THE UC, RC.

MEMBERS ARE AGAINST SCRAPPING THE APPOINTED SEATS. AS FOR

DEFINITIONS OF THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES AND THE FORMATION OF THE

ELECTION COMMITTEE, THERE ARE VARIOUS VIEWS. NOW, MR GOVERNOR, CAN

YOU CONSIDER PROMPTLY RETRACTING YOUR POLITICAL PACKAGE SO THAT YOU

CAN RECONSIDER THE VIEWS OF ALL SECTORS, THEN YOU CAN NEGOTIATE WITH

THE CHINESE FRANKLY AND OPENLY SO THAT YOU CAN REACH A PACKAGE

ACCEPTABLE TO HONG KONG PEOPLE?

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