-that,
Likewise,
in-principle,
-
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sub-paragraph (iii) reads: "to
som e
element-of-direct...
conclude
elections------i s
desirable, but that it
Again fairness would have required the following question to be
put: "to conclude that direct elections should be introduced in
1988."
should not be introduced in 1988",
Why then were these
necessary questions
completely
left out in the summary of the Green Paper? And why had the
questions in the summary of the Green Paper been re-introduced
Question (4) of the Questionnaire without adding the further
in
questions?
sir,
in the light of the above, many people in Hong
Kong will believe that in drafting the Green Paper in this
particular way, the Government had wanted the people of Hong
Kong to say what it wanted to hear, namely, that direct
elections should not be introduced in 1988. Likewise, when the..
same questions were copied into the Questionnaire, the
intention of the draftsman, or his principal, could only be
that he wanted the results of the surveys to show that the
people of Hong Kong do not want to see direct elections
introduced in 1988.
For how else could one explain
undeniable fact that 3 chances were given to the respondents
say "NO" to the
the
to
introduction of direct elections in 1988 and