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very charitable way of describing the whole situation
that the blind had been leading the blind.
Sir, in these
circumstances,
1S to
s ay
can
people our
be
blamed for suspecting that these two surveys had
been conducted
for and on behalf of the Government of Hong Kong with the soleTM
object of
ensuring
of
that the
results
elections direct
would not
in 1988? Can our people be
justify
the
introduction
blamed in tying these two surveys to the Green Paper
into
account
and taking
from China to the
the
very
strong
elections
objections
in
1988,
and conclude
introduction of direct
this political review is nothing but a fraud.
that
Sir,
this
Administration
owes much
assure them that it has not been party to
to our people to
any dishonest scheme
in
decision which
them deceiving
take s fully
it that and
can
and
will come
to
into account
the
a just
wishes of our
people.
For these reasons,
I
share the view of the experts
who have spoken
Administration to totally reject
on out
the 2
surveys
in
urging this
A GB McNair'S
findings to
Sections F3 and F5
of the
Questionnaire
in
to relation
the
issue
of
whether
direct
elections
should or should
not be
introduced in 1988.