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but also

- 2

from

experts

in the market

research field

-

-

not..

the

as well as experts in

statistics. I think I would be right in saying that I have

come across a single expert who would support the design of

most relevant questions on direct

direct elections, namely, Sections. - —-

F3 and F5 in Annex A to Appendix X of Part II of the Report, or

who would accept the findings of these two surveys by

McNair in relation to the issue of whether direct elections

should be introduced in 1988.

A GB

principally Sir, today I will confine my comments

to

that

of the part

otherwise of introducing direct

Report relating

to

the

desirability

or

in elections

1988.

I should

add

that

the

views

I

will

now

express

are

not

me ant to be

exhaustive in any way, and that on most

of them I have taken

the advice of experienced experts in the market research field.

First, on the subject matter of the two surveys.

It

is pertinent to note that in the invitation to

submit a tender

in

a

letter

the Survey Office

"An independent

con ta in ed

standard form

from

dated 15th May 1987, the first sentence reads:- Survey Office has been appointed by the Governor, to collect,

collate and report on public views on

the issues

discussed

in

the

Green

Paper:

'The

1987

Review

of

Developments

in

Representative

Government'

which will

be

published

in

May

1987"

The material word is "issues".

: