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Mr. BIDDULPH's good example Mr. BIDDULPH is a columnist

in the South China Morning Post), if I say that a certain

person gives me his support and if a third person hears

this, under the present amendment, I will be convicted.

The third example is,

is, I say that most of the

residents in a certain building give me their support

after my door to door visit. But under the amendment

Bill, the prosecutors may say that I quote or I make use

of the name of that particular MAC or OC without prior

written consent. So I think that the Bill is overdoing

hax things, and all the techniques that can be made

election campaigns will no longer be applicable.

should be adequate consultation on this.

made of

in

So there

At the beginning of

of the meetings of the ad hoc

group, we also talk about the 'banana skin' or banana

conspiracy mentioned by Mr. Desmond LEE. The compromise

that we arrive at is, grounds for defence, but we still go

back to section 16 of the original Ordinance regarding the

injunction order. So if a sponsor subsequently finds that

the candidate has a a bad character, he cannot withdraw his

support. So the banana conspiracy may really come into

being, that is, a sponsor will give his support initially

and then after the candidate has used up his money, the

sponsor withdraws his support. This will add to his

election expenses enormously. So all these questions must

be considered carefully. This has to do with the

amendments proposed in the Bill. I want to make three

suggestions for Members's consideration.