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5. SIX REGIONAL COUNCIL MEMBERS CONTINUED LOBBYING LOCAL DRAFTERS. SO FAR, THEY HAVE MET SANFORD YUNG, RAYSON HUANG, DOROTHY LIU, TAM YIU-CHUNG, LAU WONG-FAT, MA LIN, RAYMOND WU AND SIMON LI. THEY SAID THAT YUNG, HUANG, LAU AND WU WERE OPPOSED TO SEPARATE VOTING COUNTING, LIU HAD SOME RESERVATIONS, WHILE THE OTHER THREE GAVE NO FIRM INDICATION OF THEIR VIEWS. WU HINTED THAT HE WOULD BE PREPARED TO ACCEPT 35 PERCENT OF DIRECTLY ELECTED SEATS IN THE FIRST LEGISLATURE.
FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES
6. THE MODERATES HAD COMPLETED A FIRST DRAFT ON THE COMPOSITIONS OF FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES AND THE GEC IN THE LEGISLATURE, CHENG KAI-NAM TOLD THE PRESS YESTERDAY. THEY WOULD FINALISE THEIR PROPOSAL, AFTER THE NCNA RECEPTION FOR ZHOU NAN, FOR SUBMISSION TO THE BLDC.
FEDERATION OF STUDENTS
7. AT A SEMINAR ON THE BL YESTERDAY, THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION OF STUDENTS CALLED UPON STUDENTS OF TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS TO TAKE PART IN A MARCH TO NCNA ON 16 FEB TO SHOW THEIR DISSATISFACTION WITH THE MAINSTREAM MODEL AND TO FIGHT FOR AMENDMENTS TO THE BL.
8. SZETO WAH WHO SPOKE AT THE SEMINAR SAID IF THE POLITICAL SYSTEM WAS NOT DEMOCRATIC, THE BL WOULD NOT MEET THE WISHES OF THE MAJORITY OF HONG KONG PEOPLE EVEN IF PARTS OF IT WERE ACCEPTABLE.
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