DEC 31 '85 18:00 GIS HK,
30.12.85
9.35 10.45 a.m.
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is important.
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Declaration?
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My own view is that a secret ballot
Why is it not in the Joint
It is not there, I think, because
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it simply refers to elections, but doesn't go into any detail about how those elections are to be held. But to my mind, the secret ballot, especially where so many people are involved in the electoral process,
is essential.
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MS CHRING MAN YEE; Excuse me, You have five more
Would some of those who haven't had a chance to ask questions
put a question in?
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Sir David, you keep on use the words
as exchange the will, but as I remember, in the last meeting of the
J.L.G. the press release tells us that the two sides use the word
discussed the political reform of Hong Kong. Would it be the same
meaning as 'exchange' and then 'discuss'?
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similar, yes.
The two words I think, are quite
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Sir David, I'd like to ask a question
which requires a simple answer, yes or no. If you find out that most Hong Kong people are all for direct elections in LEGCO in 1988, but China is against it, would Hong Kong Government implement the system?
position.
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We would have to consider our
Sir David, could I just clarify some
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When you were asked whether, after having shown the '87 Review
to the Chinese, whether if they objected you would alter it or not,
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