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MOREOVER, IF WE AGREED TO ARRANGEMENTS ON THE ELECTIONS WITH THE
CHINESE, IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO ENSURE THAT THE QUOTE
THROUGH TRAIN UNQUOTE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE PEOPLE ELECTED IN 1995
SHOULD BE GUARANTEED. PREVIOUSLY THE CHINESE HAD INDICATED THAT
THEY WOULD WISH ΤΟ
HAVE
ARRANGEMENTS TO REDUCE LIBERAL
REPRESENTATION IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OR, EVEN IF LIBERALS WERE
ELECTED, TO KICK SOME OF THEM OUT IN 1997. FOR EXAMPLE, CHINA HAD
SUGGESTED SINGLE VOTE DOUBLE SEAT CONSTITUENCIES FOR THE
GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTITUENCIES ELECTIONS AND TEN SEATS TO BE ELECTED
BY AN ELECTION COMMITTEE BASED ON SELECTED MEMBERSHIP.
THE CHINESE
PROPOSALS WOULD PRODUCE POLITICAL INSTABILITY IN HONG KONG.
COULD NOT CONNIVE WITH THEM.
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8.
THE GOVERNOR ALSO
EXPLAINED THAT HONG KONG'S ECONOMY WAS
CLOSELY LINKED WITH THE ECONOMY OF CHINA. HONG KONG CONTRIBUTED TO
19% OF THE GNP OF CHINA. GUANGDONG PROVINCE AND HONG KONG TOGETHER
PRODUCED 30% OF THE TOTAL GNP OF CHINA.
CHINESE INVESTMENT IN HONG KONG.
THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE
POLITICAL INSTABILITY IN HONG
KONG WOULD HENCE NOT ONLY AFFECT THE ECONOMY OF HONG KONG BUT ALSO
CHINA AS WELL.
9. VICE PRESIDENT GORE COMMENTED THAT HE WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF
DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT IN HONG KONG. HE SAID QUOTE WHAT YOU HAVE
BEEN DOING IN HONG KONG WAS MARVELLOUS IN THAT ONE MAN COULD DO SO
MUCH TO CHANGE HISTORY.
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