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debate on the Green Paper in July in which all members Cap

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present in Hong Kong, apart from officials, spoke. number of different points of view were put forward and were carefully and vigorously argued.

152.

The Survey Office will produce its report at

the end of this month.

During the four month

consultation period it received a total of

total of over 130,000

submissions. This is far more than in any previous

public consultation exercise. It is evidence of the

interest which the issues in the Green

Green Paper, and in particular the possibility of introducing some element of direct elections

elections to this Council,

to this Council, have aroused

have aroused amongst

in our community. Besides being the passive

recipient of

has Survey Office

also

commissioned its own public opinion poll in order to obtain an objective assessment of the views of the whole community on the options listed in the Green Paper. I will not attempt now to pre-judge the contents of the

Survey

It will be laid before this

many

Office

submissions,

report.

the

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Council early next month and members will subsequently cap have an opportunity to debate its contents.

153.

Important decisions will need to be taken over the next three or four months on what changes it would

/be

right