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the fact that all the options in the latest draft of the Basic Law concerning the election of the future legislature include an element of direct
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element of direct elections. For the same reasons,
Sir, I would have thought that there likewise, will · be no problem in introducing direct elections this
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I donet think paragraph 27 is necessary and I will skip one paragraph and come to paragraph 28, which says : 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.",
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Pause there for a minute. I
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It goesjon : The argument
that the Legislative Council should continue for
one more term with its present forms of membership,
rather than undergo a second restructuring in three
years, is strong. Sir, this sentence is the most
And I wish to six an Humech to illustrate it fabely interesting one, because I can put it in some other
the argument that I should hit you on the
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Perhaps I will finish this paragraph first.
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