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Sir, I therefore find myself with the greatest difficulty in understanding this part of the White Paper, and I have no hesitation, Sir, in supporting the motion te amend standing in the name of Mr. Szeto
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HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT: I still have the names of five members who wish to speak on the amendment and seven who wish to speak on the main motion. I suggest that the Council would benefit from another short break at this point.
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HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT: Council with non resume, and eve will continue with the dibate on the amendment proposed by MR. SZETO Wah.
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MR.DESMOND LEE (in Cantonese): Sir, I support the amendments proposed by Mr. Szeto Wah. I feel that to
introduce directly elected seats in 1991 is too few. and If
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22 should replace the existing appointed seats. As to whether there should be direct elections in 1988, views are very
divided and I do not wish to continue with the debate.
the for the number of seats, it is considered that percentage
A to for cent be 20 25. At the same time it has been delayed until 1991.
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and therefore if we take the percentage 20725, the number of diy electives 'should be 12715. The Joint Declaration stipulates that the legislature should be constituted by election and that means that the appointed seats will all be abolished, and in the basic law there will be no appointed seats and If we look follow
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not rule out the functional constituencies or the electoral
college and It will probably accomodate such election methods.