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"(iii)

to conclude that, in principle, some element

of direct elections is desirable, but that it

should not be introduced in 1988;

"(iv)

if changes are desired in 1988, to choose one

or more of the following options:

"(a) to increase slightly the number of

Official Members;

"(b) to reduce the number of Appointed

Members;

"(c) to

increase the number of Members

elected by the functional

constituencies;

"(d) to increase the number of Members

elected by the electoral college;

"(e) to introduce a directly elected element

in addition to the existing systems of

election, by means of either territory-

wide or constituency-based elections;

"(f) to

replace the system of indirect

elections from the electoral college

geographical constituencies by a system

of direct elections.

The Hong Kong Government set up a Survey Office to

gather public views on the Green Paper. The Survey Office hired

AGB McNair H.K. Ltd., a polling company, to conduct two surveys.

But instead of devising a questionnaire to test the public's

wishes regarding direct elections in 1988, AGB McNair merely

copied verbatim the set of four options and six sub-options given

above and used that in the questionnaire. Again, no one was

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