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ADVISERS, LIU YIU-CHU AND T. S. LO WERE REPORTED TO HAVE DIFFERENT VIEWS ON THIS PROPOSAL. LIU THOUGHT THAT THIS PREPARATORY GROUP SHOULD BE SET UP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WHILE LO DOUBTED THE STATUTORY BASIS FOR SUCH A GROUP AS THE BASIC LAW HAD STIPULATED CLEARLY THAT THE FIRST SAR PREPARATORY COMMITTEE WOULD

BE SET UP IN 1996.

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