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WHAT FALLBACK LANGUAGE WE COULD LIVE WITH IN THE QUOTE APPROPRIATE REFERENCE UNQUOTE TO THE BASIC LAW, IF THE CHINESE OBJECT TO OUR PREFERRED FORMULA.
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CHAPTER V(C): WE UNDERSTAND THAT, ALTHOUGH THERE WAS LITTLE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE CONCEPT, THERE WERE INDICATIONS THAT PEOPLE WERE PREPARED TO EXAMINE THE ID
REFERENCE TO THIS WOULD BE A USEFUL PEG ON WHICH TO HANG FUTU
CONSIDERATION OF THE CONCEPT.
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CHAPTER VIII(A) SECOND PHRASE. THIS WILL BE VE
CRITICALLY EXAMINED IN COMPARISON WITH THE 1984 CRITERIA WHIC
WERE NOT PICKED UP IN THE GREEN PAPER. GREAT CARE WILL NEED TO
BE TAKEN TO GUARD AGAINST ANY INVIDIOUS COMPARISONS. PE THE WORD QUOTE REPRESENTATIVE UNQUOTE COULD BE WORKED IN, AT LEAST.
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CHAPTER VIII. GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE PREVIOUS
COMMITMENTS TO REVIEW THE VARIOUS AREAS IN VIII(A) WILL IT BE
POSSIBLE TO DEFEND THE APPROACH IN VIII(B) IE THAT THERE WILL
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PROBABLY NOT BE A NEED FOR FURTHER MAJOR REVIEW OF SAME NATURE OR
SCALE AS 1987 REVIEW? WE HOPE YOU ARE SATISFIED THAT IT WILL.
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CHAPTER VIII(B): WE ARE NOT SURE WHAT YOU MEAN BY QUOTE
CONTINUING PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF WHITE
UNQUOTE. COULD THAT BE TOO FORMAL A CONCEPT?
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