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WHEN ASKED WHETHER IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE DIRECT
ELECION IN HK IN 1988 IF HK PEOPLE SO WISHED, LU SAID THAT
THIS WAS A HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION. MANY PEOPLE HAD NOT YET
EMPRESSED ANY VIEW ON THE ISSUE. INDEED, THE RECENT SCMP
POLL SHOWED THAT THE MAJORITY OF HK PEOPLE WERE NOT
INTERESTED IN THIS QUESTION.
LU ALSO SAID THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO SAY AT THIS STAGE WHAT
THE FIRST DRAFT OF THE BASIC LAW (TO BE RELEASED IN 1988)
WOULD BE LIKE. IT WAS POSSIBLE THAT THE SECTION ON POLITICAL
SYSTEM WOULD SET OUT SEVERAL OPTIONS.
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