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MIPT: REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, THE BASIC LAW AND THE 1987 REVIEW.
THE QUESTION OF CONVERGENCE:
1. FULL REVISED TEXT FOLLOWS IN MIFT.
2. MEMBERS WERE VERY DOUBTFUL INDEED ABOUT INCLUDING THE LAST TWO SENTENCES OF PARA 5(B). THEY THOUGHT THAT THE CHINESE WOULD FIND THEM PROVOCATIVE AND ARGUMENTATIVE IN A PAPER OF THIS KIND AND THAT THEIR INCLUSION COULD STIMULATE SUSPICHON OF THE PURPOSE OF THE PAPER AS A WHOLE. SINCE THEY WERE INSERTED ON THE PROPOSAL OF THE AMBASSADOR, WE HAVE SQUARE BRACKETED THEM, BUT RECOMMEND THEIR OMISSION.
3. PARAGRAPH 12. WE TAKE YOUR POINT TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, ALTHOUGH WE WOULD NOT CONSIDER THE HONG KONG YEAR BOOK TO BE A DEFINITIVE SOURCE. FOR THE PURPOSED OF THIS PAPER WE WANT TO FOCUS ON THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, AND MEMBERS WERE STRONGLY OF THE VIEW THAT WE SHOULD NOT MUDDY THE WATERS BY REFERENCE TO OTHER ELEMENTS. WE HAVE REDRAFTED IN A WAY WHICH WE HOPE MEETS YOUR MAIN POINT.
4. PARAGRAPHS 7, 10 AND 27(B). NOT ALL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WERE ENTITALLY COMFORTABLE ABOUT MENTIONING EITHER THE CONSULTATIVE COLLEGE OR THE POSSIBILITY OF USING IT AS PROPOSED IN PARA 27(B).
THEY FINALLY AGREED ON THE NEED TO MENTION THE OPTHON BUT WITH
AMENDMENTS TO PARA 10 AND THE ADDITION OF THE FINAL SENTENCE IN PARA
27.
5. A NUMBER OF MINOR AMENDMENTS HAVE ALSO BEEN MADE TO PARAGRAPHS 4, 4(A), 7, 7(C), 13, 17, 21, 22, 24, 25 AND 29 TO MEET YOUR SUGGESTIONS AND POINTS RAISED BY MEMBERS.
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