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5.
Mr Hurd told the House of Commons
on 16 February 1990: "The key issues (other
than directly elected seats) are voting
procedures, the composition and constitution
of the Grand Electoral College.... and
restrictions on the nationality of members
of the post-1997 legislature.
As for
1995, we plan to increase the number of
directly elected seats to at least 20. If
we then decide to introduce the electoral
arrangements envisaged in the Basic Law, it
will be possible for members elected in 1995
to carry on over the 1997 barrier to 1999.
This statement makes clear that no decision
had been taken on whether or not to
introduce the electoral arrangements in the
Basic Law: the British side was waiting to
see its final terms.
6.
It has also subsequently been made
clear by Chinese officials on various
occasions that they had not decided to
establish the Election Committee for the
first SAR legislature on the lines set out
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