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5. MING PAO, IN A PROMINENT NEWS REPORT ON 24 JANUARY, REPORTED

THAT CHINA WAS CLOSELY WATCHING BRITAIN'S PLAN TO TURN LEGCO INTO

A REPRESENTATIVE LEGISLATURE. QUOTING SOURCES CLOSE TO THE CHINESE

SIDE, THE PAPER SAID THE CHINESE SIDE WAS UNHAPPY THAT THE FUNDA-

MENTAL CHANGE THAT WOULD RESULT FROM A HALF-ELECTED LEGCO IN TERMS

OF POWER OF LEGISLATION UNDER THE COLONIAL LAWS VALIDITY ACTS WAS

NOT MENTIONED IN EITHER THE GREEN OR WHITE PAPERS ON THE DEVELOPMENT

OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT. SAN WEISZE'S ARTICLE HAD DRAWN THE

CHINESE SIDE'S ATTENTION TO THE CHANGE IN THE RATIO OF ELECTED SEATS

IN LEGCO, MING PAO SAID.

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