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Para. 13
Delete "roughly" from option (i).
Electoral College
Para. 29
Members felt that the option of replacing the
electoral college by an alternative system of representation
(e.g. direct elections) should also be included, with the
rider that this option would be further discussed under
the section on direct elections.
(Note: This will mean reorganisation of
the argument in paragraphs 32 and 33 of
the present draft.)
Direct Elections
Para. 36
The view was expressed that this paragraph did not
set out fully enough the potential dangers in introducing
direct elections; for example the implications for a shift
of power from the executive into the hands of Hong Kong
people, and that direct elections might invite interference
by the PRC in Hong Kong's internal political processes.
Most Members agreed with these points but acknowledged the
difficulty of expressing them in the Green Paper, especially
in the light of the need to present the arguments for and
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