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with leading questions against another lawyer, but that's not

quite the point.

But,

we have at the moment managed to agree

on the sequence that if finally this, if we could get a

referendum as soon as possible, there are referenda and referenda, what sort of specific target area should we aim at

to ask a people who are not used to, like the British people

actually, are not very much usea to referenda? What are We

going to ask them to vote about?

MR MAKTIN LEE: I think essentially, the important thing is

the political structure. So, if you say, 'do you accept the

political structure now set out in the Second Draft of the

Basic Law?' it would be a clear enough question

it is yes

or no, and if the answer 15 no then you know exactly why

because this process

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going on or you can give them a

choice if you want to, but that is not normally what a

referendum seeks to do.

MR TEMPLE-MORRIS:

Yes, you would agree I believe, that you

would have to keep another leading question as simple as

possible.

MR MARTIN LEE: Indeed.

MR TEMPLE-MORRIS: well, thank you very much Mr. Lee, that is

what I wanted..