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MDLIAN 9610
LOSERS AND SOME ACADEMICS AND WAS WIDELY REPORTED. NO-ONE SEEMED TO HAVE REMEMBERED THAT DURING THE DEBATE ON THE WHITE PAPER, THE LIBERALS HAD ARGUED FOR THE RETENTION OF THE DISTRICT BASED ELECTORAL COLLEGE SYSTEM IN ADDITION TO DIRECT ELECTIONS. THERE WAS NO CRITICISM OF THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY SYSTEM, AND MING PAO SAID THIS SHOWED THAT FUNCTIONAL GROUPS WERE A WORKABLE FORMAT AND THAT THE SYSTEM HAD WON GENERAL SUPPORT.
WILSON
YYYY
DISTRIBUTION
50
ΜΑΙΝ
48
.HONG KONG AGREEMENT
.(RESTRICTED)
LIMITED
HKD
HD/FED
RESEARCH (FE)
PUSD
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
PS/MR EGGAR
PS/PUS
MR MCLAREN
MR GILLMORE
ADDITIONAL
2
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS
HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON
N N N N
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