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LegCo motion for it was carried. The Governor said
his position remained that a referendum would be
divisive and would not relieve LegCo's responsibility
Mr Lee believed that the Government's
in the matter.
proposals would
was a referendum:
get greater public support if there
it would help to focus the public's
attention on the substance of the matter.
(c) ME Lee said Selina Chow had said CRC would vote
against Philip Wong's motion on 13 January.
(૩)
The Governor said, in response to Mr Lee's question,
UKG'S position on the matter
that
the
unchanged.
remained
AS for the various reports on a March
meeting between the Foreign Ministers, the Governor
量
said there were no concrete arrangements as to whether
and where to have the meeting. The UKG's position was
that such meetings were useful and should continue.
(e)
"sell" the
Mr Leo asked the Governor how hard he intended to
legislative package. Depending on the
Government's lobbying efforts, some of the proposals
through, particularly those on the
Constituencies (FCS). The Governor said he
might not get
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