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KONG AUTHORITIES HAVE STEPPED UP THE PACE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF DEMOCRACY IN HONG KONG. FOR THIS PURPOSE THEY ARE GOING TO RADICALLY CHANGE THE EXECUTIVE LED POLITICAL SYSTEM WHICH HAS EXISTED FOR MANY YEARS, THIS WILL CAUSE AN OBSTRUCTION IN HONG KONG'S SMOOTH TRANSITION. THE BRITISH HONG KONG METHOD OF IGNORING THE JD, IGNORING SINO-BRITISH FRIENDLY COOPERATION AND IGNORING HK PROSPERITY AND STABILITY CAN ONLY GIVE RISE TO DOUBTS ABOUT BRITAIN'S SINCERITY. INCREASINGLY PEOPLE CAN SEE THE FALSEHOOD
AND ILL DESIRE OF BRITAIN IN THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR ACCELERATING DEMOCRATISATION.
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'IT IS TRUE THAT HK RESIDENTS CRAVE AFTER DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT BUT WHAT THEY NEED IS A GRADUAL DEVELOPMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACTUAL CONDITIONS IN HK SO THAT IT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO HK'S LONGTERM PROSPERITY AND STABILITY. THE BASIC LAW WAS ADOPTED AFTER A PERIOD OF DRAFTING OF UNPRECEDENTED OPENNESS AND DEMOCRACY IN HONG KONG'S HISTORY. IT FULLY GUARANTEES HK RESIDENTS DEMOCRACY IN HK AFTER 1997. ALL UNBIASED PEOPLE CAN SEE THAT THERE WOULD BE MUCH GREATER DEMOCRACY AFTER 1997 THAN CURRENTLY EXISTS IN HONG KONG. THE ROW STIRRED UP BY MR PATTEN OVER HIS CONSTITUTIONAL PROPOSALS HAS SHOWN PEOPLE THAT THE QUESTION IS NOT WHETHER TO ENFORCE DEMOCRACY IN HONG KONG BUT WHETHER THE HK BRITISH AUTHORITIES WILL SHELVE THE SOLEMN INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT THE JD AND WHETHER THEY WOULD OPENLY TEAR UP THE JD AND THE UNDERSTANDING AND COMMITMENTS REACHED BY THE TWO SIDES IN THE PAST, AND WHETHER THEY WOULD RUIN THE GOOD COOPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED BY THE TWO SIDES SINCE THE JD WAS SIGNED. THE CHINESE SIDE WOULD LIKE TO URGE MR PATTEN TO GET A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THIS SITUATION AND TO RETURN TO THE PATH OF SEEKING CONSULTATION WITH CHINA ACCORDING TO THE JD. THE CHINESE SIDE WAS COOPERATION NOT CONFRONTATION. NATURALLY, IF MR PATTEN WISHES TO CONTINUE WITHOUT PAYING ANY ATTENTION TO THE CHINESE SIDES OPPOSITION THERE IS NOTHING FOR IT. CHINA IN THE 1990'S IS COMPLETELY CAPABLE OF PRESERVING HK'S PROSPERITY AND STABILITY AND REALISING THE SCIENTIFIC DESIGN OF ONE COUNTRY TWO SYSTEMS'.
'MR WU DAKUN, A FORMER BL DRAFTER, SAID THAT DURING THE DRAFTING OF THE BL ALL DRAFTERS HAD REACHED A COMMON UNDERSTANDING, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY WERE FROM THE MAINLAND OR HONG KONG. THEY WANTED TO MAINTAIN HONG KONG'S EXISTING SOCIAL SYSTEMS INCLUDING THE POLITICAL SYSTEM WITHOUT ANY MAJOR CHANGES. WU GOES ON TO REPEAT MANY OF FU HUO'S COMMENTS.
'LI HOU, FORMER BASIC LAW DRAFTER AND CURRENTLY AN NPC DEPUTY AND CONSULTANT TO THE NPC LEGAL COMMITTEE, COMMENTED ABOUT FUNCTIONAL
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