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Sir, as a person who openly supported
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the White Paper. For some people, if the views are
in accordance with the views of the Government, they
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are said to be supporters of the Government and they
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Now, if I do not want to invite
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severely and reject the whole of the White Papers but I will not take
this course of action will net be undertaken by me
because it goes against my conscience
I will speak frankly..
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year, when we debated of the Green Paper, I clearly
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are in accordance with public opinion. I have to
admit that, in the light of the findings of the Survey Office Report, we know that there are diverse views on direct election, in 1988.
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