3.
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The CPG
could
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maximise
chances of political
Victory by basing these annexes:
3.
(a) on the proposals for
the election committee
outlined
in
the
Ministerial exchange Of
correspondence in 1990; and
(b) on
a
narrow interpretation of HKG's past white
Paper proposals on
functional constituencies.
HKG,
the community
at large and
Opinion would regard such BL annexes
device to
frustrate
implementation
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onal
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an unacceptable
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constitutional
proposals which had won widespread public approval, both
locally and overseas.
This outrage, however, would not be
enough to offset the fear of CPG retaliation which would
affect the local establishment.
HKG'S WAY FORWARD
10.
If the CPG deploys this weapon, HKG's best line of
defence would be:
frank admission that the CPG will be in a
(a)
a
position
in
1997
to
territory's political arrangements;
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ucture
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the