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side stated that if the British
side restricted the number of
directly elected seats in 1991 to
18, the Chinese side would increase
the number of directly elected
seats of the first SAR legislature
to 20. The Chinese side agreed
with the 5 principles proposed by
the British side for the Election
Committee, but rejected the
composition proposed by the British
side. They insisted that the
composition must be as in Annex I
of the draft version of the Basic
Law.
Seventh, a message from Mr Hurd to
Mr Qian of 12 February 1990. Mr
Hurd confirmed an understanding
that the British side would limit
the number of directly elected
seats in LegCo in 1991 to 18 if the
final version of the Basic Law
provided for 20 directly elected
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