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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.

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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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