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According to an extract of the proposal from AGB

of the Study is to

public opinion on the issues (and options)

McNair: "The primary

collect

the Green Paper

research

objective

discussed in

The material

words are

"issues (and

options)".

of

But when the Questionnaire was later drawn up by AGB

conducting McNair, it became clear beyond doubt that instead

2 surveys on public views on the issues discussed in the Green

Paper, AGB McNair had conducted 2

surveys

the options discussed in the Green Paper.

on

views public

on

The

issue material

whether direct elections should

be

in question

of was,

introduced in 1988.

course,

But

Section

F3 of

the

in Questionnaire,

adopting

the 4 options

contained in the said paragraph 163 of the summary to

the Green

Paper,

completely

failed

deal to

with

the

issue,

with the

unfortunate result

it that

was

simply not

put

to

the

respondents.

Section

F3

of the

Questionnaire

in relation

to

direct elections

was

copied

almost word

for word

from

the

options

in contained

the said paragraph 163,

including the

precise order in which those options appear in the Green Paper.

According to the experts, therefore, this

subtle but

unwarranted

change

of

emphasis

from "issues" to "options" has