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MIPT: REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT: CONVERGENCE WITH THE BASIC LAW:
1987 REVIEW
FOLLOWING ARE REMAINDER OF OUR PRELIMINARY COMMENTS.
PART II (CONTINUED).
(C)
PARA 2. WE THINK III SHOULD BE DELETED, SINCE WE BELIEVE THE POST-1997 POSITION WILL NOT BE DIFFERENT FROM THE PRESENT ONE (SEE COMMENT ON PARA 1(VI) IN OUR PARA 2(A)
ABOVE).
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PARA 4, FOURTH SENTENCE. WE SUGGEST YOU ADD THE POINT
THAT THE FORM OF ELECTION IS NOT DEFINED.
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PARA 5, FIRST SENTENCE. WE SUGGEST 'MAKING' MIGHT BE MORE APPROPRIATE THAN 'ALLOWING'.
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PARA 6. WE WONDER IF YOUR SIXTH AND SEVENTH SENTENCES ARE OVERSTATED. THE HONG KONG STANDARD'S EDITORIAL LINE HAS FOR INSTANCE LOOKED MORE AMBIVALENT THAN THE SCM POST'S OF LATE. WE THEREFORE SUGGEST THAT IN THE SIXTH SENTENCE 'MOST OF 'BE INSERTED BEFORE 'THE ENGLISH'. THE SEVENTH SENTENCE WE HAD NOT DETECTED QUITE SUCH UNANIMITY OF THOUGHT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MINISTERIAL SYSTEM. MIGHT THEY' AFTER 'THOUGHT' THEREFORE BE
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