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Those who are against direct elections or against direct elections
in 1988 is 359 and those who are for or who did not object to it
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by pre-printed forms and we have 67,370 that are against
are for direct elections in 1988. The second for is only 1,313 As for views expressed in the front is in the form
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are against questionnaires, those who are against is, 10,301 and these who gra
are for direct elections. The third group. ∙is in the form of letters. for is 26,745, As for individual views, not in pre-printed forms
K or pre-printed letters, Those who are against numbered 8,9414those who are for numbered 7,071. And Therefore if we exclude pre- printed forms or questionnaires in order to eliminate the possibility of its being organised, and if we merely look at the
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I feel that the questionnaire designed by AGB, McNair was too complicated. Regarding the question of whether there
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should be direct elections in 1988, there were two questions: 26. whether there should be territory-wide or constituency-based
elections or whether they should replace the system of members
distuct boarts. returned by the B The respondents therefore failed t the crux of the matter easily. However, after being given explanations, in a face-to-face interview, about the existing structure of Government, 21 were for direct elections but not in 1988, and 19 felt that the composition of the Legislative Council should be changed including the introduction of direct 34 Lelections. I feel that AGB, McNair's survey was not perfect, but after taking into consideration the way the exercise was is conducted its value as reference material cannot be negated.
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