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Mr. Lee Wing-tat said it was clear from Lu Ping's TV
interview that the Chinese would not accept any
compromise. Therefore, amending the package now would
not lead to better Sino-British relationship. On the
other hand, given the current
with strong lobbying by the
would be passed. Immediately thereafter, relationship
support in LegCo and
Government, the bills
with the Chinese would worsen in the short term. But
the Chinese would eventually face the reality, as they
did in the cases of the Bill of Rights and the British
Nationality Scheme. They would then focus on how to
win seats in the 94/95 elections, and then on how to
set up the Preparatory Committee for the HKSAR in
1996, and sell it to the Hong Kong people. Mr. Lee
said they were worried that the Governor would sit
back and let LegCo amend the bills. This would end up
with an outcome that pleased no one. Mr. Albert Ho
said many businessmen had expressed the concern, in
private,
lose credibility if the
that HKG would
Governor backed down from his proposals.
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Chinese
The Governor said that as it was possible to make the
angrier by, for example, replacing his
proposals with those of the UDHK's, it was conceivable
that the Chinese might find some alternative proposals
more acceptable.
He asked whether the Chinese would
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