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MAN PA

1992-12-04 19:00

CUMMS OFFICE (GUVT HUUSE)

852 526 0995 P.15

EDWARD HO: I THINK SIR,

SIR, I DON'T WANT TO OPEN A DEBATE.

WILL TAKE A LONG TIME TO DEBATE WHERE

TO OPEN A DEBATE. I THINK IT

WOULD OR WOULD NOT BE CONSISTENT.

MY POINT IS IF YOU THINK

BASIC LAW AND YOUR PROPÛSAL

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KABARA

WHAT

CONSISTENT WITH THE BASIC LAW THEN YOU CAN SUPPORT CONVERGENCE.

DGATOD WHEN

HAPPENED WAS THAT GOVERNMENT DID NOT SUFFURT CONFERGENCE

CHIM PUI-CHUNG PUT UP AN AMENDMENT TO MISS CHRISTINE LOH'S MOTION ALL

HE BROUGHT IN WAS THE ELEMENT OF

WERE AGAINST IT.

NATTAA AASTATT

CONVERGENCE

AND

MEMBERS

I

FOR

GOVERNOR: I AM IN FAVOUR OF AS SMOOTH A TRANSITION THROUGH 1997 AG

POSSIBLE. I'M ALSO IN FAVOUR OF ARRANGEMENTS FOR EXAMPLE FOR THE 1995

ELECTIONS WHICH ARE DECENT, WHICH ARE ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMMUNITY.

SUPPOSE THAT THE HONOURABLE MEMBER COULD CONCEIVE OF ARRANGEMENTS

THE 1995 ELECTIONS WHICH MIGHT TRANSFER SMOOTHLY THROUGH 1997 BUT

I CERTAINLY WOULD NOT BE ACCEPTABLE TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.

COULD. SO THE PROBLEM WE HAVE TO ADDRESS IS ONE OF BALANCE, THAT'S

WHAT I TRIED TO ADDRESS IN THE PROPOSALS THAT I BROUGHT FORWARD ON THE

TWO HONOURABLE 7TH OF OCTOBER, AFTER. DESPITE WHAT I THINK ONE OR

MEMBERS HAVE SAID, AFTER PROTRACTED DISCUSSIONS WITH LARGE NUMBERS OF

MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL AND WITH OTHERS OUTSIDE AS WELL.

TRANSITION CERTAINLY, BUT SMOOTH TRANSITION OF ARRANGEMENTS WHICH ARE

FAIR AND OPEN AND ACCEPTABLE.

SMOOTH

TIK CHI-YUEN: MR GOVERNOR, YOU MENTIONED TIME AND AGAIN THAT YOU WANT

A SENSIBLE, RATIONAL DIALOGUE WITH THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS. FROM NOW TILL THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR, DO YOU HAVE

ANY CONCRETE PLANS IN THE PIPELINE TO EFFECT SENSIBLE

EFFECT SENSIBLE RATIONAL

DIALOGUE AND DO YOU ENVISAGE ANY DIFFICULTIES IN TRYING TO DO SO?

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