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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1992

IT ON THE SEVENTH ONE, THE ELECTION COMMITTEE, WE FIND

ARGUING THAT VERY DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND WHY THE CHINESE SIDE IS

ELECTION

TWO COMMITTEE, FOR THERE HAS BEEN AN AGREEMENT ON THE

COMMITTEE HAS BEEN EXCLUDED REASONS.

THAT ELECTION FIRSTLY,

WHY IF THERE HAD BEEN AN AGREEMENT, SPECIFICALLY FROM THE BASIC LAW. ARE PROVISIONS OF THAT AGREEMENT NOT INCLUDED IN THE BASIC LAW THAN THE ELECTION COMMITTEE BEING DELIBERATELY EXCLUDED.

RATHER

THAT THE BEFORE

AND, INCIDENTALLY, IT'S NO ARGUMENT TO SAY REASON FOR THAT IS THAT THE ELECTION COMMITTEE WILL BE FORMED 1997, BECAUSE OF COURSE, THERE ARE DETAILED PROVISIONS IN LAW FOR THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE WHICH IS FORMED IN SELECTION COMMITTEE WHICH WILL BE FORMED IN 1997.

THE BASIC 1996 AND THE TO ELECT THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE

SECONDLY, IF THERE'S BEEN THIS SO-CALLED AGREEMENT, WHY ARE CHINESE SIDE STILL DISCUSSING THE QUESTION OF THE COMPOSITION OF OFFICE PEOPLE THE ELECTION COMMITTEE. NOW, HONG KONG MACAU AFFAIRS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING WITH VISITORS, MEMBERS OF POLITICAL PARTIES WHO VISITED PEKING, VARIOUS PROPOSALS FOR THE COMPOSITION OF THAT ELECTION PRESS. I COMMITTEE. THOSE DISCUSSIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE REFERRED TO SOME OF THEM IN MY SPEECH YESTERDAY. ONE OF THE PROPOSALS PEOPLE IS THAT THERE SHOULD BE AN ELECTION COMMITTEE COMPRISING 1-200

AND HALF OF WHOM HALF WOULD BE NOMINATED BY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT

WE CERTAINLY DO NOT WOULD BE NOMINATED BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT.

A BELIEVE THAT SUCH A PROPOSAL WOULD MEET OUR REQUIREMENTS TO HAVE FREE AND OPEN SYSTEM WHICH WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG TO KONG. CLEARLY, THE HONG KONG MACAU AFFAIRS OFFICE, BY CONTINUING DISCUSS IN SUCH BROAD TERMS THE ELECTION COMMITTEE MAKE IT VERY THAT THEY DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THERE IS ANY AGREEMENT ON THIS SUBJECT.

WE MUST NEVERTHELESS, I THINK THE TIME HAS COME WHEN

WE STAND READY ΤΟ MR PATTEN HAS SAID, MOVE

WOULD HAVE THE CONSIDER ANY PROPOSALS WHICH ARE FAIR AND OPEN AND

AND I KNOW IT'S THE SUPPORT OF THE PEOPLE HERE IN HONG KONG;

KONG INTENTION OF MR GALSWORTHY, WHEN AMBASSADOR GUO RETURNS TO HỌNG IN THE NEXT DAY OR SO, TO APPROACH HIM AND TO ASK THE CHINESE SIDE HOW LIAISON THEY THINK MATTERS CAN BE TAKEN FURTHER FORWARD IN THE JOINT GROUP.

THINGS

FORWARD. AS

CLEAR

QUESTION: FORWARD?

SIR DAVID:

HOW DO YOU THINK MATTERS

BE SHOULD

TAKEN FURTHER

FROM

WELL, CLEARLY WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME PROPOSALS THE CHINESE SIDE. PROPOSALS WHICH MEET THE PRINCIPLES WHICH HAVE BEEN LAID DOWN BY MR PATTEN AND, AS MR PATTEN HAS MADE VERY CLEAR, HE WOULD BE HAPPY TO DISCUSS ANY SUCH PROPOSALS WITH THE CHINESE SIDE.

QUESTION:

ΤΟ

BUT LU PING HAS SAID THAT THE CHINESE DON'T INTEND PUT FORWARD ANY PROPOSALS; THAT THEY CONSIDER THAT THINGS ARE ALREADY

DOESN'T THAT LEAVE YOU IN A QUANDARY? SORTED OUT IN THE BASIC LAW.

/SIR DAVID