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How can Legćo be sure there are no other secrat
deals?
The Governor has made it clear that he will keep
LegCo fully in the picture over all issues
affecting Hong Kong's future. His recent
question and answer sessions with Legco are
testimony to this.
13. The final message from Mr. Hurd uses the words: "I
agree in principle" in respect of the Election
Committee.
was secret?
There was a deal, wasn't there, and it
No there was no deal. The Chinese Government
did not take the steps required to turn a proposal in principle into a binding
undertaking.
19. What steps, then, would have been needed?
We asked that the role, composition and working
procedures of the Election Committee for the
first. SAR legislature should be made clear
the Basic Law. They were not.
We asked for five principles to be incorporated
in the Basic Law to ensure that the Election
Committee would be a fully representative body constituted in an open way. They were not.
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