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"as
for elections in the EC were anything less than open and fair, how could the legislature of the SAR be said to be "constituted by elections". as required by the JD? How would the principles of "democracy and openness" stipulated
in the BL be fulfilled? How could the EC be
representative as possible", and the procedure for its nomination of candidates to LegCo be "simple and open";
which
two of the five principles to which you say the
Chinese side agree?
6.
were
difficulty
Nor do we see why the Chinese side should have any with open and fair arrangements for elections in
the FC.
Last October, Director Lu Ping said in a press
conference that he agreed fully with the Governor that arrangements for the elections in 1994/95 should be fair, acceptable to the people of Hong Kong. Indeed he to elaborate the efforts the Chinese side had
those objectives in the BL drafting process.
meeting in June Director Lu told a
Meeting Point delegation that the Election Committee must be elected, and not be appointed.]
and open
has gone on
taken towards
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