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seats in the SAR legislature in
1997, 24 in 1999, and 30 in 2003.
However, he said that he hoped the
Chinese side would come to share
the British side's view that a
faster pace in introducing directly
elected seats would be both
manageable and desirable and that,
by agreement with the Chinese side,
an appropriate increase might be
made in 1995. (That understanding
was made public by Mr Hurd in the
House of Commons on 16 February
1990. statement attached.) He
addressed three other areas the
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Election Committee, the new
nationality provisions for the SAR
legislature, and the voting method
for the SAR legislature.
On the
Election Committee, Mr Hurd said
that he agreed in principle with
the arrangements proposed by the
Chinese side, which could be
established in 1995, but that
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