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So these figures can be used for reference by the Administration

but I don't think we should just use these figures or dig up such

* figures and use it for reference. As to exactly what public opinion is like, is it really divided? I the paper in the Table-1 that I submitted to you had some analysis that Mrs. Selina Chow mentioned, and it said something like 3 similar to what Mr, Webb, said 2 because I excluded the AG, B, McNair findings and I took into consideration the nine scientific surveys conducted

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be cent their views then, it is 60 to 30% for and against and we can see that these are very divided views and as said in the White Paper,

views are very divided. And yet we need to consider this point;

what exactly is meant by divided views? Because We do have different views all the time If we say that if we differ in views

then it is divided views, then no decision can be taken. We must take into consideration the degree of divergence er are they very

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does not include the dije- or strengthA dŷ tai views Council, when it was submitted we debated on the Green Paper and

then the Survey Office report was submitted and i felt that at that time I had already taken a look at the report, and I felt very disappointed because the degree or the strength of the views were

not included because it is quite important. When we look at the A.G.B, McNair survey, we find that in the first survey, over 40

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centre of a table and the percentage increased to 45 at the second

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