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PARA 23, FIRST SENTENCE: AMEND TO READ ''OPINIONS ON HOW DIRECT ELECTIONS MIGHT BE ORGANIZED WERE FEW AND ALSO DIVIDED.'',
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PARA 23, FINAL SENTENCE: AMEND TO READ: ''THEY ALSO SHOWED A SLIGHT PREFERENCE FOR HAVING DIRECT ELECTIONS IN ADDITION
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PARA 24: DELETE FIRST SENTENCE.
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PARA 24: FOURTH SENTENCE: INSERT ''THE BEFORE 'GOVERNMENT''
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PARA 24: ADD A FINAL SENTENCE AS FOLLOWS: ''THIS IMPORTANT POINT HAS ALWAYS BEEN WELL RECOGNIZED BY THE COMMUNITY
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PARA 26, SENCOND SENTENCE: AMEND TO READ ''THERE WILL BE INEVITABLE CHANGES AT THAT TIME.''
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PARA 26, THIRD SENTENCE: AMEND TO READ ''THE INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY WILL BE BEST SERVED IF THERE IS ALSO A HIGH DEGREE OF CONTINUITY AND THE FORM OF GOVERNMENT IS ONE WITH WHICH THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG ARE ALREADY FAMILIAR
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PARA 26, FOURTH SENTENCE: AMEND TO READ ''IN CONSIDERING THE DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG'S SYSTEM OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT BEFORE 1997, ACCOUNT MUST THEREFORE BE TAKEN OF THE RELEVANT
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PARA 27, FIRST SENTENCE: AMEND TO READ 'HAVING TAKEN ACCOUNT OF ALL THE FACTORS CONSIDERED ABOVE, THE GOVERNMENT HAS CONCLUDED
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PARA 28, FIRST SENTENCE: AMEND TO READ: ''ON THE QUESTION OF TIMING, THE GOVERNMENT HAS CONCLUDED THAT IT WOULD NOT BE RIGHT TO MAKE SUCH A MAJOR CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE IN 1988, GIVEN THAT OPINIONS IN THE COMMUNITY ON THIS ISSUE ARE SO CLEARLY DIVIDED.
PARA 28, THIRD SENTENCE: FOR ''AT THE SAME TIME' READ ''HOWEVER' 1 AND INSERT ''ALSO BEFORE ''GOOD REASONS 7
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PARA 28, FINAL SENTENCE: INSERT ''A NUMBER OF'' BEFORE ''DIRECTLY ELECTED''.
PARA 29: AMEND TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
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