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recently
defined as new legislative arrangements consistent
with the Basic Law.
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onslaught
of our
considerable
threats,
proposals outnumbers
As regards the Hong Kong community, despite the
of Chinese criticisms and
public opinion in favour
opposition by a margin of two to one.
occasions given its support :
The LegCo has on three
(a) on
14 October 1992 it voted in favour of our
proposals for the composition
of the
Election
Committee;
(b) on 11 November
1992 it voted by 32-21 in favour of
the generality of our proposed package of electoral
arrangements; and
(c)
on 13 January 1993 it opposed, by a vote of 35-2, a
motion to ask the Governor to withdraw the proposals.
Our
judgment is that both LegCo and the community expect our
proposals to be introduced into the LegCo with the minimum of
change as quickly as possible, so that LegCo consideration of
them can begin. They also expect that the proposals will then
amended by the LegCo to make them less
be
to
unacceptable
China. The Chinese Government have recently taken a softer
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