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but as with these things you can never catch the British
Government on something black and white like 'thou shalt have
direct election in 1988' - it is much more indirect than
that. Behind closed doors, privately they have been saying
this to us, to a lot of journalists, but of course it is off- the-record, and then in various statements which we have also
gathered during my last visit to London, which again I will
compile in a document, and I hope that you will find that in
there the people of Hong Kong were somehow led into believing
that there would be direct election introduced in 1988.
But of course I would like to answer other
questions, but I will certainly give you the material.
MR BOWEN WELLS: Thank you very much.
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But, like the indication that there were
going to be more democracy and direct elections have been
indefinite, because the people of Hong Kong
-
to use this
the people
phrase which we find so difficult to capsulate
of Hong Kong were, and remain, indefinite. And I think we
would still like to know how you believe that this lack of
definition can be ended. I mean, we have a habit in our
Parliament, indeed even in this Committee, when we can't
reach a consensus in the end we just raise our hands and
vote, and the majority wina.
MR MARTIN LEE: Indeed, that is the...