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Sir, arguments on what interpretation and what
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should be given to any particular
form, of would like
weight
expression of opinion can go on endlessly. I wish to emphasize that the Government has taken into account all views and not just any particular survey or any particular
form of submission. Indeed it seems to me that it is our
critics who have tried to rely on one particular set of
surveys to prove their point and have chosen to ignore the overall implications of the views recorded in the Survey
Office report, which were clearly that the community is
divided on the question of timing of direct elections to, the
Legislative Council.
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I said when the Survey Office report was
published that the people of Hong Kong could judge for
themselves how closely the decisions in the White Paper
reflected the wishes of the community as a whole. I
believe that the community as a whole has made that
judgement, and that it is a positive one.
The White Paper provides for two additional
functional constituency seats in the Legislative Council
in 1988. The Survey Office report shows that requests had
been made by, or on behalf of, some 50 bodies or
new functional
existing
organisations for
constituencies
recognition
or
inclusion
as
within
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