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members of the public who could be led to believe that we
have
made
membership.
major
concessions on the question of MC
The advantage of this option is that we could
probably avoid open debate on the deadline for the Talks at
the critical time.
Announcement of legislative amendment in October
8.
On
reconsideration,
we consider that it is more
preferable
Ordinance,
and
for us to seek an amendment of the BEC
thus avoiding BEC being engaged in abortive work
the resultant public confusion. We have, however,
examined the latest possible date to announce this
which would still allow us to persuade in time the
withhold public consultation on MC constituency
further
decision
BEC to
boundaries.
preparation
Since the BEC will be finalizing its
work for the public consultation exercise
(starting on 29 October) on or around 20 October, we
suggest that announcement of our decision could be deferred
to that date. On one hand, this would prevent the BEC from
being engaged in what would promise to be a confusing
public consultation exercise. On the other hand, we could
probably delay the issue of a deadline for the Talks coming
to a head in public by a further two weeks.
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