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Either in Enacting legislation to sanction expenditure, the government should regard such a scheme as cumulatively of opinions. In the simple principle of ensuring the persons competent to give advice on public matters, the judgment of the few seems quite as good a test in such a community as public election, whether under a restricted or extended franchise.
Cleft and devoid of means of transition from the present distribution of power, a given proportion of the Legislature is persuaded to sanction the Suck & System established without treating future dissatisfaction.
12. If this were the only material objection to the change, which you desire to introduce, it should regard the peculiar position of Hong Kong, presenting an additional difficulty, not entirely theoretical. Hong Kong is held by the British under terms that are not entirely clear to all parties concerned.
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In which considerable power is given to the representative members of the Legislature, I am persuaded that the system established without treating future dissatisfaction.
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