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MEMBERS WHO ABSTAINED OR DID NOT TAKE PART IN THE VOTING (13) (INCLUDING ONE APPOINTED MEMBER, MOSES CHENG WHO IS A LAWYER) IS SIGNIFICANT. SOME OF THE PROBABLY DID SO IN ORDER TO AVOID THE EMBARRASSMENT OF BEING ACCUSED OF CHANGING THEIR STANCE' IE. VOTING DIFFERENTLY FROM THE WAY THEY VOTED AT THE LEGCO IN-HOUSE

MEETING (25 OCTOBER).

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7. AFTER THE DEBATE, THE CHIEF SECRETARY REITERATED TO THE PRESS THAT RE-NEGOTIATION WITH CHINA WAS NOT A STARTER, AND THAT HKG WOULD CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE LEGISLATION AND WOULD GIVE LEGCO THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER THAT LEGISLATION IN THE NORMAL WAY. WE WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE THIS LINE WITH THE PRESS.

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