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ELECTIONS, THUS AFFECTING THE QUALITY OF DB MEMBERS IN FUTURE. SOME ALSO COMMENTED THAT ELECTED MEMBERS WOULD CONTINUE TO BE IN A MINORITY ON THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL EVEN IN 1991.
6. SOME PEOPLE ALSO THOUGHT THE DECISION HAD BEEN MADE TO PLACATE CHINA, WHICH HAD EXPRESSED APPREHENSION ABOUT THE INCREASING POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT AND INFLUENCE OF THE DBS.
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SEEMED TO BE A SLIGHT MAJORITY IN FAVOUR OF THE DECISION TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF FUNCTUAL CONSTITUENCY SEATS BY TWO. SOME PEOPLE HOWEVER THOUGHT THAT THE WHITE PAPER WAS NOT CONVINCING ENOUGH IN EXPLAINING THE REASONS BEHIND GIVING THE ADDITIONAL SEATS TO THE TWO PARTICULAR GROUPS IN QUESTION.
8. REACTIONS TO THE DECISION NOT TO MAKE THE HEUNG YEE KUK AS A NEW FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY CAME MOSTLY FROM PEOPLE CLOSE TO THE KUK. WHILE MOST EXPRESSED ANXIETY AND DISAPPOINTMENT, THERE WERE ALSO SOME WHO ACCEPTED THE DECISION WITH CALM RESIGNATION. THE KUK FELT DUTY-BOUND TO MAKE SOME GESTURES OF PROTEST. IT WOULD MEET ON 13 FEBRUARY TO DISCUSS THE WHITE PAPER. IT WAS RUMOURED THAT THE KUK WOULD BOYCOTT ALL SPRING RECEPTIONS ATTENDED OR HOSTED BY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND WOULD REFUSE GOVERNMENT SUBVENTION. HOWEVER THERE WAS NO SUPPORT FOR THE KUK OUTSIDE THE NEW TERRITORIES INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY.
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9. THERE WAS STRONG SUPPORT FROM RESPONDENTS IN BOTH THE URBAN AREA AND NEW TERRITORIES FOR GOVERNMENT'S DECISION TO ALLOW URBAN DBS TO ELECT THEIR REPRESENTATIVES TO THE URBAN COUNCIL.
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10. WHILE SOME DB MEMBERS WERE DISAPPOINTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD REFUSED TO GIVE DBS A MANAGEMENT ROLE, OTHERS SUPPORTED THE DECISION THAT DBS' ADVISORY FUNCTIONS SHOULD BE FURTHER ENHANCED.
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11. NOT MANY CONTACTS COMMENTED ON THIS ASPECT. THOSE WHO DID FELT THAT HAVING THREE SEPARATE SETS OF ELECTIONS WITHIN TWELVE MONTHS WOULD PUT TOO GREAT A STRAIN ON GOVERNMENT RESOURCES AS WELL AS ON VOTERS.
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12. VERY FEW PEOPLE COMMENTED ON THIS AND THOSE WHO DID AGREED
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