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YOUR TELNOS 234 AND 235: GRAND ELECTORAL COLLEGE: VOTING PROCEDURES
MIFT CONTAINS A RE-DRAFT OF THE FIRST TWO PARAGRAPHS OF FIRST TUR. WE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO BRING OUT MORE CLEARLY :
(A) THE CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS LINKED TO THE EMERGENCE OF THE GEC CONCEPT:
(B) THE THINKING BEHIND OUR SUGGESTIONS TO THE CHINESE AS TO THE POSSIBLE ROLE OF A GEC IN THE ELECTION OF THE CE AND THE FORMATION OF THE SAR LEGISLATURE.
2. OUR COMMENTS ON THE REST OF FIRST TUR ARE AS FOLLOWS:
3 PARA 4: REPLACE THE LAST TWO SENTENCES BY THE FOLLOWING :
'PRESS REPORTS ALSO QUOTED LI HOU AS SAYING THAT THE GEC WAS AIMED AT STABILITY AND THE ARRANGEMENTS PROPOSED FOR THE GEC ELEMENTS IN THE 1997 LEGISLATURE WERE A CONCESSION MADE TO FACILITATE CONVERGENCE AS SUCH ELEMENTS COULD BE IN PLACE BEFORE 1997. HONG KONG DRAFTERS HAVE INTERPRETED LI HOU'S WORDS AS MEANING THAT THE ELECTION COMMITTEE TO RETURN LEGCO MEMBERS IN 1995/1995 WOULD BE DIFFERENT FROM THAT FOR THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE WHICH WOULD BE SET UP CLOSER TO 1997/1997''.
4. PARA 5, NINTH LINE: INSERT ''BE''
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BEFORE ''DIFFERENT''
5. PARA 5, LAST LINE: REPLACE WITH 'ELECTION COMMITTEE WHICH IS FULLY REPRESENTATIVE AND ADOPTS OPEN PROCEDURES&&.
6. PARA 7 SECOND LINE: REPLACE ''ROUTES'' WITH ''ROOTS''
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7. PARA 7, FOURTH SENTENCE: REPLACE THE PART IN BRACKETS WITH
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