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and Legislature of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall be composed of local inhabitants, and the Legislature of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall be constituted by
elections. The nature of the electoral system after 1997 is not
however specified in the draft agreement.
[IF PRESSED]
21. The possibility of introducing direct elections to the
Legislative Council will be covered in a review on representative government to be held in 1987. Due account will be taken of any
views which the Chinese Government may have expressed.
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