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be deliberately wisleading people, then that is a very grave
Matter indeed.
MR MARTIN LEE:
Indeed.
MR SHORE:
And I must put it to you that having read the
1984 document, I see nothing whatever to back up your
contention that there was any clear promise, or any
commitment to what you and I would call a one person, one
vole democracy. What there was a commitment to and it is the
only reference at all in the 1984 Declaration and the Annex
is the following words: "The legislature of the Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region shall be constituted by
elections". And you and I know perfectly well that in the
Hong Kong context 'elections', plural means indirect and
direct elections. Therefore, I do not think that you have
any right to accuse the British Government of deliberately
misleading the people. what you have every right to do is to
argue that their judgement was wrong and that they should
have gone for from the start direct elections, both for the
Chief Executive and for the Legislative Council, but I must
put it to you, and I put it to you very strongly, because you
appeared here on oath, and therefore your oath, on oath, you
are accusing the Governicent of Great Britain of deliberately
misleading the people of Hong Kong. I say to you you are
wrong, I say you've produced no evidence for this, and I say
that your judgement about their motives ang their intentions
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