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5. I TOLD MISS TAM THAT | AGREED THAT AT THE PRESENT TIME THE

CHINESE CONCEPT OF WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN AS REGARDS GOVERNMENTT

STRUCTURE AND OUR OWN WERE DIFFERENT. THERE WOULD NOW BE TWO OR

THREE YEARS IN WHICH HONG KONG PUBLIC OPINION, THE BLDC, AND (BEHIND THE SCENES) THE HKG WOULD NEED TO EDUCATE THEM ON THE

IMPORTANCE OF THINKING IN TERMS OF WHAT THE HONG KONG COMMUNITY

WILL ACCEPT AS A FUTURE STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT, AND IN THE FACT

THAT ANY ATTEMPT TO IMPORT MAINLAND CONCEPTS OF ** DEMOCRATIC

CONSULTATION WILL CARRY NO CREDIBILITY HERE.

YOUDE

MINIMAL

HKD

SEAD

LEGAL D.

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