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DOMINATION BY LARGE POLITICAL PARTIES OF THE DIRECTLY ELECTED SEATS. IT MIGHT INTENSIFY POLARISATION BETWEEN THE DIRECTLY ELECTED MEMBERS AND FC-ELECTED MEMBERS. IT WOULD ALSO NECESSITATE FREQUENT CHANGES OF CONSTITUENCY BOUNDARIES AND REDUCE THE REPRESENTATIVENESS OF THE MEMBERS.
(III) A PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION SYSTEM WOULD BE UNFAVOURABLE TO SMALL POLITICAL GROUPS.
(IV) ONE-MAN, ONE-VOTE FOR FC'S SHOULD APPLY ONLY TO THOSE FC'S WITH A CLEAR PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION SYSTEM.
JLG
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IN RESPONSE TO PRESS QUESTIONS GUO FENGMIN SAID YESTERDAY THAT THERE WAS NO NEED TO WORRY THAT NO DATE HAD YET BEEN SET FOR THE NEXT JLG. BOTH SIDES WERE IN CONTACT NOW AND AN ANNOUNCEMENT WOULD BE MADE WHEN A MEETING WAS TO BE HELD.
6. CHEN ZIYING WAS REPORTED TO HAVE SAID IN MACAU THAT THE SINO- BRITISH JLG AFTER ALL HAD TO MEET. THE DATE OF THE MEETING WOULD
HAVE TO BE DISCUSSED BY BOTH SIDES.
THROUGH TRAIN
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AN ARTICLE IN THE MAY ISSUE OF THE MIRROR MAGAZINE CONTENDED THAT THE GOVERNOR'S PACKAGE ORIGINALLY AIMED AT REJECTING A THROUGH TRAIN. AS WE HAD MADE NO HEADWAY IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS, WE HAD CHANGED OUR POLICY FROM NON-CONVERGENCE TO ADVOCATING AN UNCONDITIONAL THROUGH TRAIN. THIS WAS AN ATTEMPT TO SCRAP THE BASIC LAW PROVISIONS FOR THE SAR PREPARATORY COMMITTEE TO EXAMINE THE ELIGIBILITY OF LEGCO MEMBERS. ACCORDING TO THE ARTICLE, THE CHINESE HAD NO INTENTION TO ASK EVERYONE TO GET OFF THE TRAIN. THEY WANTED ONLY TWO PERSONS WHO HAD SO FAR REFUSED TO ADMIT THEIR WRONGS TO GET OFF. THE ARTICLE SAID THE BRITISH SHOULD CHANGE THEIR TACTICS, GIVE UP THE GOVERNOR'S PACKAGE AND SEEK CONVERGENCE WITH THE BASIC LAW. THE MOST THE BRITISH COULD DO WAS TO SEEK MORE CONCRETE CRITERIA FOR THE TICKET INSPECTION SYSTEM'' FOR THE THROUGH TRAIN.
CFA
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FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL MICHAEL THOMAS SAID YESTERDAY THAT WE SHOULD SET UP THE COURT OF FINAL APPEAL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND SHOULD NOT LEAVE IT UNTIL 1997. HE SAID THAT LEGCO'S RESISTANCE TO THE CFA COMPOSITION AGREED BY THE JLG HAD SACRIFICED THE GOOD TO THE PERFECT, ADDING THAT THE COMPOSITION COULD BE DISCUSSED BY
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