"(iii)
to conclude that, in principle, some element
of direct elections is desirable, but that it
should not be introduced in 1988;
"(iv)
if changes are desired in 1988, to choose one
or more of the following options:
"(a) to increase slightly the number of
Official Members;
"(b) to reduce the number of Appointed
Members;
"(c) to
increase the number of Members
elected by the functional
constituencies;
"(d) to increase the number of Members
elected by the electoral college;
"(e) to introduce a directly elected element
in addition to the existing systems of
election, by means of either territory-
wide or constituency-based elections;
"(f) to
replace the system of indirect
elections from the electoral college
geographical constituencies by a system
of direct elections.
The Hong Kong Government set up a Survey Office to
gather public views on the Green Paper. The Survey Office hired
AGB McNair H.K. Ltd., a polling company, to conduct two surveys.
But instead of devising a questionnaire to test the public's
wishes regarding direct elections in 1988, AGB McNair merely
copied verbatim the set of four options and six sub-options given
above and used that in the questionnaire. Again, no one was
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