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22.

Taken

a whole, the public response as

to the

Green Paper showed that there is wide support among the

people of Hong kong for the principle of introducing

directly elected Members into the Legislative Council,

but that the community is divided over the timing of

this move.

23.

organized

were

Opinions on

few

and

how direct elections might be

who also divided.

Those

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sentence, because it

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the

G.

commented were on balance in favour of having several

STET constituencies rather than a (single) territory-wide

constituency. The also showed a slight preferate for

in lections

addition to, rather than

having direct

instead of, the present system of indirect elections by

an electoral college.

Stability and Transition

24. success of

to

Stable government has always been crucial

Hong Kong. It will remain crucial in the years leading

up

to

1997

essential

for

Stability is and beyond.

confidence in the government and in the future of the

territory, as well as for overseas business confidence

in Hong Kong. This important point has always been

well recognized by the community.

25.

The maintenance of stability requires that the

Hong Kong's system of representative

development of Hong Kong's

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