TNAG-1441-FCO40-1925-Constitutional-development-in-Hong-Kong-1987 — Page 197

Date

10.5.86 (cont'd)

13.5.86

Statements by Chinese

Officials

Constitutional Reforms (87)

Statements by Government News Comments/Editorials

Officials

Statements/Comments by others

put into an embarrassing situation if the BLDC sub-group openly

criticised the existing

political system.

Members of BLCC

sub-group on HK's political system: The SAR legislature should not be constituted entirely by direct elections and only a small proportion of the seats of the legislature should be directly elected. Elections through functional

constituencies and electoral colleges should be retained.

BLDC member Martin Lee: The question of how the SAR chief executive would be chosen was more important than that of whether direct elections to Legco would be introduced.