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very charitable way of describing the whole situation

that the blind had been leading the blind.

Sir, in these

circumstances,

1S to

s ay

can

people our

be

blamed for suspecting that these two surveys had

been conducted

for and on behalf of the Government of Hong Kong with the soleTM

object of

ensuring

of

that the

results

elections direct

would not

in 1988? Can our people be

justify

the

introduction

blamed in tying these two surveys to the Green Paper

into

account

and taking

from China to the

the

very

strong

elections

objections

in

1988,

and conclude

introduction of direct

this political review is nothing but a fraud.

that

Sir,

this

Administration

owes much

assure them that it has not been party to

to our people to

any dishonest scheme

in

decision which

them deceiving

take s fully

it that and

can

and

will come

to

into account

the

a just

wishes of our

people.

For these reasons,

I

share the view of the experts

who have spoken

Administration to totally reject

on out

the 2

surveys

in

urging this

A GB McNair'S

findings to

Sections F3 and F5

of the

Questionnaire

in

to relation

the

issue

of

whether

direct

elections

should or should

not be

introduced in 1988.