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When he met Mr Qian in July, Mr Hurd said that

there were two essential

regarding the Flection Committee,

that

principles.

and openly in Hong Kong. not selected. arrangements for the elections which took place inside the

Committee should themselves be open and fair. Provided agreement could be reached on these points, we would willing to consider whether an Flection Committee could

devised on the basis of the ratio and composition set in paragraph 2 of Annex I of the Basic Law which would meet the essential requirements of both sides. At our eighth round; on the basis of Mr Hurd's statement I have

made six further points.

First, its members should be elected fairly

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functional constituencies as the basis for its first three

sectors, and which meets the essential requirements of both

sides.

I look forward to your response.

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