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THE FTU SECOND-LINE LEADERS, LIKE MS CHAN YUEN -HAN AND WONG KWOK-HING, GENERALLY LACK NAME RECCGNITION, THUS WEKENING THEIR CHANCES OF SUCCESS. THE MAJOR PROBLEM ACED BY LEFT-WING CANDIDATES IS THEIR CLOSE IDENTIFICATION WITH BEIJING AND THE UNPREDICTABLE IMPACT OF THE JUNE 4 MEMORIES UPON VOTERS' CHOICE. SOME OBSERVERS BELIEVE THAT BEIJING'S ENDORSEMENT NEXT YEAR WILL BE THE "KISS OF DEATH". THF 1991 FLECTIONS, THUS, WILL BECOME NOT ONLY A TEST OF THE FTU'S FLECTORAL STRATEGY BUT ALSO A CRUCIAL EVALUATION OF THE TRUST' CONFERRED BY THE HONG KONG PEOPLE ON PRO-BEIJING PERSONAGES AFTER THE TIANANMEN INCIDENT ON JUNE 4, 1989.
APPENDIX:
14. FOLLOWING IS THE LINE-UP OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE FTU:
PRESIDENT:
CHAIRMAN:
LEE CHARK-TIM
-CHENG YIU-TONG AGED 41, IS A LOCAL DEPUTY TO CHINA'S NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS AND A MEMBER OF THE DISBANDED HONG KONG BASIC LAW CONSULTATIVF COMMITTEE. HE EXPRESSES NO INTEREST IN CONTESTING THE 1991 ELECTIONS.
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