1989-04-20 19:12 CHIEF SECRETARY HONG KONG
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More importantly your
articles
seem to suggest
that this survey formed the basis for a a decision on the
timing of introducing the first element of direct
elections into the Hong Kong Legislative Council. In
fact, the survey formed only a small part of
small part of the major
consultation exercise which produced 130,000 submissions.
from the public, 170 public opinion surveys and 20
signature campaigns. All these clearly demonstrated
sharp division of views on whether direct elections should
be introduced into Hong Kong in 1988. It was on the basis
of the results of the consultation exercise as a whole
that the
the decision
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was made to take an important step
forward in the process of evolving the system of
representative Government by introducing
direct elections in 1991.
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