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OF OTHER CATEGORIES OF MEMBERS ARE CORRESPONDINGLY REDUCED UNQUOTE.
WE THINK THAT QUOTE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THERE IS A REDUCTION IN OTHER CATEGORIES UNQUOTE COULD CAN BE
OMITTED.
PARA 8,
FINAL SENTENCE: WE SUGGEST THIS SHOULD CONCLUDE QUOTE ... ELECTED GEOGRAPHICAL MEMBERS UNQUOTE.
PARA 9: THERE APPEAR TO BE TWO TRANSMISSION ERRORS IN THE SECOND SENTENCE: QUOTE HAD UNQUOTE SHOULD READ QUOTE HAS UNQUOTE, AND QUOTE SING UNQUOTE SHOULD READ QUOTE SINGLE UNQUOTE.
WE BELIEVE THAT THE DRAFT IN SECOND TUR CONTAINS THE RIGHT ELEMENTS BUT SUGGEST THAT THE MATERIAL MIGHT BE USEFULLY REORDERED IN A MORE LOGICAL SEQUENCE. IN PARTICULAR, WE BELIEVE THAT THE IDEA IN PARA 7 (B) AND THE FINAL SECTION OF THAT PARAGRAPH ON THE BASIC LAW SHOULD BE PLACED TOGETHER SINCE THEY BOTH RELATE TO THE IDEA OF CONVERGENCE. WE ALSO SUGGEST THAT PARAGRAPH 8 (WHICH DEALS WITH HOW DIRECT ELECTIONS SHOULD BE INTRODUCED SHOULD LOGICALLY FOLLOW THE SECTION OF THE CHAPTER WHICH ANNOUNCES THE DECISION TO INTRODUCE THEM. FOR CONVENIENCE, WE HAVE SET OUT A SUGGESTED REDRAFT OF THESE PARAGRAPHS, INCORPORATING THE TEXTUAL AMENDMENTS IN PARA 1 ABOVE, IN MIFT.
3. WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS ON THIRD TUR. PARA 3, SECOND SENTENCE: QUOTE CONTINUITY UNQUOTE COULD BE UNACCEPTABLE
TO THE CHINESE WHO ARE MORE CONCERNED THAT THERE SHOULD BE A
CLEAR BREAK BETWEEN THE PRE AND POST 1997 SITUATIONS. WE SUGGEST THAT THE SENTENCE SHOULD READ QUOTE ... TO ENSURE CONVERGENCE IN THE SYSTEM AND STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT IN HONG KONG BEFORE 1 JULY 1997 WITH THAT AFTER 1 JULY 1997 UNQUOTE.
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