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Transcript of SCA's briefing after LegCo's motion debate (Part II)
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Following is the transcript (English portion) of a standup briefing by the Secretary for Constitutional Affairs, Mr Stephen Lam, after attending the Legislative Council meeting this evening (November 30) (Part II):
Reporter: What do you think the Chief Executive will make a speech tonight? Is it related to the march on coming Sunday?
SCA: All I would say is that as I have stated in the motion debate in the Legislative Council (LegCo) just now, this Government is the most proactive among all administrations in the last 20 years in terms of pursuing the agenda for achieving the ultimate aim of universal suffrage. Ever since election was introduced to the LegCo in 1985, we have been discussing the
question of pursuing universal suffrage in Hong Kong. This is the first administration that has convened the Commission on Strategic Development to secure and to introduce, to bring together different opinions on the formation of a road map for achieving universal suffrage.
We have also made it clear that we wish to draw some conclusions on the form for introducing universal suffrage, for returning the Chief Executive and for forming the LegCo through that formula by early 2007. We are also quite prepared to use these conclusions as the basis for considering and exploring the adopting of a timetable for achieving universal suffrage. So we are
taking very progressive steps, and we wish the members of the legislature would appreciate that this Government is ready and willing to work together with all of them to make democratic progress for Hong Kong.
(Please also refer to the Chinese portion of the transcript.)
Ends/Wednesday, November 30, 2005
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