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not prepared to give away our principles in order to sign a piece of paper.

What would that be worth?

179.

We believe that the people of Hong Kong deserve a credible legislature, fairly and openly elected.

Anything

less than that would surely undermine the rule of law, and

that rule of law is essential to the maintenance of Hong Kong's prosperity and freedom. The argument fuses together what is right what is moral, if you like with what is

expedient.

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179.

In this

Chinese city, we know that a free society

governed under the law works, and we know that freedom must

be firmly rooted, as it is

Declaration.

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for example in the Joint Otherwise Hong Kong will spend its future

forever looking over its

shoulder.

Why keep a bird on a

string unless you want to tug it back from time to time?

180.

We passionately want Hong Kong to have the best

with China before 1997 so that it can

possible relationship

prosper and grow in strength ав

strengthens in the years ahead.

century in which again and again we

China prospers

and

But at the end of a

have seen hope and

promise SO often turn to ashes when men and women failed to

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