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SING, WAS QUOTED A SAYING THAT THE BILL SHOULD NOT BE DISCUSSED BY LEGCO BEFORE CHINA AND BRITAIN HAD REACHED AGREEMENT. HE ADDED THAT THERE WAS STILL AMPLE TIME FOR ENACTMENT OF LEGISLATION. DAB WOULD SOON SUBMIT TO THE TWO GOVERNMENTS ITS PROPOSALS FOR THE 1994/95 ELECTIONS.
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VICE CHAIRMAN OF ADPL, LEUNG KWONG-CHEONG, SAID THE TALKS SHOULD COVER ALL THE PROPOSALS MADE BY HONG KONG PEOPLE BEFORE, NOT JUST THE CONSTITUTIONAL PACKAGE. HE SAID ADPL STILL BELIEVED THAT THE TALKS AND LEGCO DISCUSSION ON THE BILL COULD TAKE PLACE IN PARALLEL.
AS FOR THE INDEPENDENT LEGCO MEMBERS, VINCENT CHENG, ERIC LI AND ANDREW WONG EXPRESSED THE VIEW THAT THE BILL SHOULD NOT BE INTRODUCED UNTIL AN OUTCOME HAD BEEN REACHED IN THE TALKS. ANDREW WONG ADDED THAT IT WOULD STILL BE PREFERABLE IF THE LEGISLATIVE WORK COULD BE COMPLETED IN THIS SESSION. CHRISTINE LOH FAVOURED THE TALKS AND LEGCO DISCUSSION TO BE HELD AT THE SAME TIME. ANNA WU FELT THAT THE TALKS SHOULD AIM AT ACHIEVING A THROUGH TRAIN FOR THE POLITICAL SYSTEM.
WEN WEI PO
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WEN WEI'S EDITORIAL TODAY SAID THAT THE PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT HAD MADE CLEAR TWO POINTS:
(I) THE TALKS WOULD BE BETWEEN THE TWO SOVEREIGN GOVERNMENTS. EACH WOULD HAVE ONE REPRESENTATIVE. THE OTHERS WERE SUPPORTING STAFF. THERE WOULD BE NO THREE-LEGGED STOOL.
(II) THE TALKS WOULD BE CONDUCTED ON THE BASIS OF THE JD, THE PRINCIPLE OF CONVERGENCE WITH THE BL AND RELEVANT AGREEMENTS AND UNDERSTANDINGS REACHED IN THE PAST.
9. THE EDITORIAL ASSERTED THAT A COMMON VIEW ON CONVERGENCE OF THE POLITICAL SYSTEM HAD BEEN REACHED IN THE 1990 EXCHANGES. WHAT REMAINED WERE TECHNICAL ISSUES. THE TALKS WOULD THUS BE CONDUCTED TO RESOLVE THE FOLLOWING:
(I)
(II)
WHAT NEW FC'S SHOULD BE ADDED, BASED ON 'PAST MODEL AND VOTING METHOD FOR FC ELECTIONS:
COMPOSITION OF THE EC ACCORDING TO THE FOUR CATEGORIES OF MEMBERSHIP SET OUT IN THE BL:
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