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MINUTES TO INTRODUCE HIS OWN MODEL, XIAO VOICED HIS DISAGREEMENT, THOUGH EVENTUALLY CHA WAS ALLOWED TO SPEAK.
6. WU ALSO DISCLOSED THAT HE MADE A SUGGESTION THAT MAINLAND AND HK DRAFTERS SHOULD VOTE SEPARATELY IN VIEW OF THE MAJORITY ENJOYED BY THE MAINLANDERS, BUT IT WAS REJECTED BY LU PING.
7. ACCORDING TO WU, IT HAD BEEN CLEAR THAT THE 4-4-2 MODEL WOULD NOT HAVE THE SUPPORT OF MAINLAND DRAFTERS. THAT WAS WHY HK DRAFTERS DECIDED TO PROPOSE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MODELS IN ORDER TO DIVERT SUPPORT FOR THE MAINSTREAM ONE. ON SEPARATE VOTE COUNTING, WU SAW IT AS A MEANS OF CURBING THE LIBERALS AND AT THE SAME TIME GIVING FACE TO THE PROPOSALS OF THE BICAMERAL MODEL.
ALLEN LEE
8. ALLEN LEE CRITICISED THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT FOR FAILING TO LISTEN TO THE VIEWS OF HK PEOPLE AND ACCEPT THE OMELCO MODEL, WHICH HE SAID WAS THE CONSENSUS OF HK. HE SAID HE WOULD ASK IN HIS MEETING WITH THE PRIME MINISTER WHETHER SHE HAD INTENDED TO ESTABLISH A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT IN HK TO ACHIEVE 'HK PEOPLE RULING HK' WHEN SHE SIGNED THE JD: AND WHETHER HMG WOULD SUPPORT THE OMELCO PROPOSALS FOR 1991 AND 1995. LEE ADDED THAT THE ONLY WAY FORWARD FOR OMELCO WAS TO GO TO BRITAIN, BECAUSE CHINESE OFFICIALS HAD REPEATEDLY REFUSED TO HOLD TALKS WITH OMELCO.
THE LIBERALS
9. THE LIBERAL CAMP VIGOROUSLY ATTACKED THE OUTCOME OF THE SPECIAL GROUP MEETING. THE G190 AND THE MEETING POINT BOTH ISSUED STATEMENTS REJECTING OUTRIGHT THE MAINSTREAM MODEL, WHICH THEY BRANDED AS A BICAMERAL MODEL IN DISGUISE. A SPOKESMAN FOR MEETING POINT SAID THAT THE PRESENT FORMULA COULD NOT GUARANTEE AN EVOLUTION TOWARDS FULL DIRECT ELECTION. YEUNG SUM REHEARSED HIS COMMENTS ON THE DIVISIVENESS AND INEFFICIENCY OF SEPARATE VOTE COUNTING.
10. SZETO WAH COMMENTED THAT THE 15-PER CENT CEILING FOR LEGCO MEMBERS OF FOREIGN NATIONALITY REFLECTED CHINA'S LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN HK.
THE MODERATES
11. AT A PRESS CONFERENCE, THE MODERATES ASKED FOR A MINIMUM OF 20 DIRECTLY ELECTED SEATS FOR 1997. THEY HOPED THAT THE BRITISH AND CHINESE GOVERNMENTS COULD REACH AGREEMENT ON THIS NUMBER THROUGH CONSULTATION. THEY ALSO DEMANDED THE DIRECTOR'S MEETING SHOULD
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