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TNAG-1438-FCO40-1922-Constitutional-development-in-Hong-Kong-1986 — Page 31

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Constitutional Reforms (61)

Statements by Government News Comments/Editorials

Officials

Statements/Comments

by others

at a

(The HK Observers, meeting with Lu Ping): Some members of the legislature should be directly elected but whether all of them

should be elected would have to be decided in

accordance with HK people's wishes.

(The Progressive HK Society, at a meeting with Lu Ping): Reforms must be gradual and direct elections should be introduced

progressively.

(report) (Umelco member Allen Lee, in an

interview with HK

Economic Journal):

It

would be meaningless to

introduce direct

elections to Legco

because China would

never give HK people

real power to administer the territory. He would

not oppose direct election although he would no longer advocate it, because it would

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