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REPLACE WITH OF THOSE IN HONG KONG IN FAVOUR OF DIRECT

ELECTIONS'

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PARA 22 FIRST SENTENCE REPLACE 'NO OPTIONS ARE LIKELY TO BE PUT FORWARD' WITH 'THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT SEES NO NEED TO

PUT FORWARD THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS'

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PARA 23 REPLACE SECOND AND THIRD SENTENCES WITH

FOLLOWING:

'THEY ARE ADMINISTRATIVE IN NATURE, EXCEPT FOR THE POSSIBLE REDUCTION OF THE VOTING AGE, ON WHICH THERE IS NO STRONG

EXPRESSION OF OPINION AT PRESENT'.

REST OF NOTES FOLLOW IN MIFT.

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