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MDTTAN 1540
NO
v) PRINCIPLE E: THAT VOTING SHOULD BE BY SECRET BALLOT. REFERENCE IN THE BL (ALTHOUGH SOME HAVE SUGGESTED THAT THE REFERENCE TO SECRET BALLOT FOR THE CE IMPLIES THE SAME FOR THE
LEGCO ELECTIONS).
2. ALTHOUGH IT WILL MAKE NO IMPRESSION, WE PROPOSE TO MAKE THESE POINTS AT WORKING LEVEL TO THE CHINESE IF THEY REPEAT ZHOU NAN S CLAIM. HOWEVER THE PUBLIC DEBATE SEEMS TO HAVE MOVED AWAY FROM THE EXCHANGE OF LETTERS. THERE SEEMS TO BE NOTHING TO BE GAINED BY REKINDLING THAT DEBATE BY MAKING THESE
POINTS PUBLIC.
SIGNED RAJ BUNTEN
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