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HONG KONG POLICY: ELECTION COMMITTEE
1.WE HAVE NOTICED, IN RECENT CORRESPONDENCE ABOUT THE CHINESE IDEAS FOR THE 1995 ELECTION COMMITTEE FLOATED DURING THE SUMMER, THE COMMENT THAT THESE WERE HARD TO RECONCILE WITH THE DEMOCRACY AND OPENNESS WHICH THE BASIC LAW STIPULATES AS THE PRINCIPLES FOR FORMING THE COMMITTEE.
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IT IS A SLIGHTLY PEDANTIC POINT BUT MAY BE WORTH BEARING IN MIND CE.G. GIVEN OUR PUBLIC LINE ON THE BL ELECTION COMMITTEE PROVISIONS) THAT THESE PRINCIPLES ARE STIPULATED ONLY FOR THE POST- 1997 ELECTION COMMITTEE. THE BL LAYS DOWN NO PRINCIPLES (OR ANY OTHER DEFINITION) FOR THE ELECTION COMMITTEE WHICH WILL ELECT THE FIRST LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF THE SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION.
THE MORE EFFECTIVE ARGUMENT REMAINS THAT THESE CHINESE IDEAS WERE BLATANTLY INCONSISTENT WITH THE FIVE PRINCIPLES WHICH WE PUT FORWARD IN 1990 AND WITH WHICH THE CHINESE SAID THEY AGREED.
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