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ex-officio
members)
with
If Legco were to be asked to vote on the legislative
proposals today we can count 28 firm votes (including the 3
a further 4 to S likely
Support comes mainly from UDHK, Meeting Point
independents. Against this is a solid 5 to 6
supporters.
and
liberal
pro-China vote.
The remainder which includes the CRC is
fence sitting. However when the chips are down the CRC is
most likely to vote against on the pretext that they value
convergence more than the proposals in the package.
expect the rest to vote against abstain or be absent.
We can
4.
The
business community is
keep spirits
the spirits up,
current impasse,
most
the
the perhaps
jittery. While the unexpected buoyant stock market has
helped to
likelihood of escalating confrontation, Chinese threats and
scaremongering
have
increased the level of anxiety.
It is
likely that they will begin to air their concerns publicly
soon.
Sir Gordon
Macwhinnie
(former Chairman of Jockey
Club)
led the
in way
his
speech
the to
Society
of
Accountants saying that the
Governor was misled and that
his constitutional proposals were like red rag to a bull.