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19.
The
two options
Governor
in his
said that the downside of mentioning
address was
that it would invite an
immediate rejection of our preferred model by the Chinese.
FS agreed
attractive
in
that the
terms. PR
"one-option" approach
UK Rep
was more
observed that strong
be
in
the
of the
HK
The
objection from the Chinese would have a deterrent effect on Head/CPU said that HK people in supporting the proposal. while the proposed EC composition would appear outrageous to the Chinese, it was vitally important that our proposal
public. must
credible
eyes Governor agreed that that was a persuasive argument and we It would able to must
a credible solution. propose however need to be put in a thoughtful and unprovocative manner in his address. PA said that as we would be talking to the Chinese on the no. of directly elected seats on LegCo, we should not say specifically that there would be 10 LegCo members to be returned by the EC.
be
20.
be
The Governor
accepted that since MC members would included in the EC, there was not a case for retaining
system voting
We should
for the EC to
two FC seats for the two municipal councils.
consider adopting a also enhance a representation of minority groups.
1995
9/92)
LegCo Elections
Action: SCA
: Nationality Restriction (Paper No.
?PR
21.
involved
The
we
Governor should
restriction in 1995.
said
that given
the
difficulty
Good
not introduce this preposterous
Aq. SCA said that if we did nothing,
we could be accused for not trying hard enough to secure continuity of the system beyond 1997.
doubted
that
The Governor however there would be many candidates with foreign
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