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MY THIRD IPT: REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT: WHITE PAPER: AMENDMENTS (CHAPTER III)

CHAPTER III

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DIRECT ELECTIONS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL:

AFTER THE SECOND SENTENCE (''THE SURVEY OFFICE '') INSERT THE FOLLOWING NEW SENTENCE: ''MORE THAN HALF

OF THE SUBMISSIONS FROM INDIVIDUALS CAME IN THE FORM OF A

VARIETY OF PRE-PRINTED STANDARD LETTERS. ''

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PARA 19 FIRST SENTENCE: FOR ''WAS IN FAVOUR OF '' READ ''FAVOURED''.

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PARA 20, SECOND SENTENCE: INSERT ''THEREFORE'' BEFORE ''BE

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PARA 20, FINAL SENTENCE: AMEND TO READ: ''THOSE AGAINST ARGUED THAT INTRODUCTION IN 1988 WAS TOO SOON EITHER BECAUSE IT COULD ENDANGER STABILITY AND CONTINUITY, COMING WITHIN THREE YEARS OF THE LAST MAJOR REORGANIZATION, OR BECAUSE THE SYSTEM OF ELECTIONS TO BE USED AFTER 1997 HAD NOT YET BEEN ESTABLISHED IN THE BASIC LAW DUE TO BE PROMULGATED IN 1990.

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PARA 21, FIRST SENTENCE: AMEND TO READ: ''AMONG SUBMISSIONS TO TO THE SURVEY OFFICE FROM INDIVIDUALS, GROUP AND ASSOCIATIONS, MORE WERE AGAINST THAN IN FAVOUR OF THE INTRODUCTION OF DIRECT ELECTIONS IN 1988.

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