Differing views on Anson Chan's stand against green paper
I was fascinated by the letters from Anson Chan Fang On-sang and Stephen Lam Sui-lung, secretary for constitutional and mainland affairs ('An open letter to Donald Tsang' and 'Promises have been kept', August 4), on the green paper on constitutional development.
Mr Lam writes in the vein of the 'civil servant' that Mrs Chan once was, and it shows glaringly in his response to her letter.
By that I mean bureauspeak, for example, '60 per cent public support'. Will that be sought through a referendum, or through district councils padded with government appointees? Mr Lam mentions how it would be difficult to offer three submissions in the green paper as 'more than 300 submissions' were received. How on Earth is he going to handle the responses to the wider consultation?
I agree with Mrs Chan's analysis of the so-called consultation paper.
Hong Kong people are really far better informed and more democratically able than their current civil servant masters give them credit for.
Mah Wai-tung, Wan Chai