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13. WEN WEI PAO IN A PROMINENT COMMENTARY CITED (13.10) DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR'S CONSTITUTIONAL PACKAGE, AND THE JD AND BL. IT SAID ARTICLE 2 OF THE JD STATED THAT THE UK SHOULD HAND OVER HK TO CHINA IN 1997. THIS MEANT THAT HK'S SOVEREIGNTY AND ADMINISTRATIVE POWERS SHOULD BE RETURNED INTACT TO CHINA, AND NOT TO ANY THIRD PARTY. ANY ACTION TO ''RETURN THE ADMINISTRATION TO THE PEOPLE'' WOULD VIOLATE THE SPIRIT AND LETTER OF THIS ARTICLE. SECONDLY, ARTICLE 3 (5) OF THE JD STATED HK'S SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SYSTEMS AND LIFE-STYLE SHOULD REMAIN UNCHANGED. THE DRASTIC CHANGES PROPOSED BY THE GOVERNOR DID NOT ACCORD TO THE LETTER AND SPIRIT OF THIS. THIRDLY, THE PROPOSED COMPOSITION OF THE ELECTION COMMITTEE WAS NOT IN ACCORDANCE TO THE RELEVANT PROVISIONS OF THE BL. THE COMMENTARY ALSO QUESTIONED THAT BY BROADENING THE ELECTORATE OF FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES TO COVER 90 PERCENT OF QUALIFIED VOTERS, THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE OF FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY WOULD BE LOST.
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WEN WEI PAO REITERATED (15.10) THE DRASTIC POLITICAL CHANGES PROPOSED BY THE GOVERNOR WOULD NOT BENEFIT HK. THE PAPER WAS WORRIED THAT PEOPLE WHO ADVOCATED THE OVER-THROWING OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT WOULD BECOME MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT-LEGCO COMMITTEE. A NUMBER OF PAPERS REPORTED MORE THAN 30 HK DELEGATES TO THE NPC AND THE CPPCC ATTENDED A FORUM AT THE NCNA HK BRANCH. THEY CRITICISED THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROPOSALS IN THE POLICY ADDRESS, SAYING THAT THEY WERE AGAINST THE BL AND THE JD, AND IGNORED A SMOOTH TRANSITION.
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15. A HK UNIVERSITY TELEPHONE SURVEY FOR TVB (9.10) OF ABOUT 2,000 PEOPLE SHOWED THAT 75.2 PERCENT WERE SATISFIED WITH THE POLICY ADDRESS. THEY GAVE THE GOVERNOR A 64.5 RATING OUT OF 100. AN ATV SURVEY CONTACTED 1,410 PEOPLE OF WHO 437 NOTED THE ADDRESS. OUT OF THIS GROUP, 85 PERCENT SAID THEY SUPPORTED THE PROPOSED EXPENDITURE ON SOCIAL WELFARE, EDUCATION AND MEDICAL SERVICES. AS FOR THE POLITICAL BLUEPRINT, HALF SAID THE PACE WAS RIGHT.
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AN OPINION POLL BY SING TAO DAILY (11.10) INDICATED THAT 68.4 PERCENT OF THE 806 RESPONDENTS WOULD SUPPORT THE GOVERNOR IN IMPLEMENTING HIS CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS DESPITE CHINESE OBJECTION. ACCORDING TO A TELEPHONE SURVEY BY MING PAO, THE AVERAGE MARK GIVEN BY 616 RESPONDENTS TO THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH WAS 68 OUT OF 100. ON CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS, 67 PERCENT SAID THE GOVERNOR SHOULD GO AHEAD EVEN WITHOUT THE GREEN LIGHT FROM CHINA. NEARLY 70 PERCENT SUPPORTED THE GOVERNOR FOR DISCLOSING THE 1995 ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS BEFORE DISCUSSING THEM WITH
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