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-that,

Likewise,

in-principle,

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sub-paragraph (iii) reads: "to

som e

element-of-direct...

conclude

elections------i s

desirable, but that it

Again fairness would have required the following question to be

put: "to conclude that direct elections should be introduced in

1988."

should not be introduced in 1988",

Why then were these

necessary questions

completely

left out in the summary of the Green Paper? And why had the

questions in the summary of the Green Paper been re-introduced

Question (4) of the Questionnaire without adding the further

in

questions?

sir,

in the light of the above, many people in Hong

Kong will believe that in drafting the Green Paper in this

particular way, the Government had wanted the people of Hong

Kong to say what it wanted to hear, namely, that direct

elections should not be introduced in 1988. Likewise, when the..

same questions were copied into the Questionnaire, the

intention of the draftsman, or his principal, could only be

that he wanted the results of the surveys to show that the

people of Hong Kong do not want to see direct elections

introduced in 1988.

For how else could one explain

undeniable fact that 3 chances were given to the respondents

say "NO" to the

the

to

introduction of direct elections in 1988 and