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Would be politically unrealistic to expect Governor to negotiate with China on his proposals when Hong Kong
did not know what these were.
More Directly Elected Seats
Criticism
Answer
Contrary to the Basic Lay.
Unacceptable.
Believe more directly elected seats would be widely
welcomed. But as Governor has made clear, not the
only way to build up democracy. Thus he set out in his speech proposals in parallel on how to do this
within the terms of the JD and BL.
Voting Age
Criticism
Answer
(unlikely to be criticism)
Widespread community support for lowering the voting age. It is 18 in the UK and China. (Lu Ping was reported by Wen Wei Pad of 22 July to have supported lowering the voting age to 18.)
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