arrangements in the Basic Law: the British side was waiting to see its final terms.
5. Unfortunately, the Chinese Government did not change their position on the new nationality provisions for the SAR Legislature, nor on the voting method for the SAR Legislature. The five principles were not fully reflected in the final version of the Basic Law. For example, the principle that voting should be by secret ballot was omitted. In addition, the final version of the Basic Law (paragraph 2 of Annex II) made clear that the Election Committee of the first SAR Legislature would explicitly not be the Election Committee for 1999 whose composition was set out in Annex I of the Basic Law, but gave no indication of what its composition should be.
6. The Election Committee for 1995 is thus one of several issues on which the Governor has had to put forward his own proposals since the Basic Law offers no guidance on it. His proposals are fully consistent with the five principles which the Chinese side said at the time they were prepared to agree
to.
7. If the Chinese side do not agree with the Governor's proposals, it is incumbent on them to put forward
alternatives, which are consistent with the five principles.
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