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WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM OVER APPOINTED SEATS?

We and the Chinese side agree that appointed seats should

disappear from the Legislative Council as from the 1995

elections. Only logical that they should also go from the

subsidiary bodies.

We thought we had reached an understanding in the talks

allowing us to abolish appointed seats in the 1994-95

elections, and leaving it to the future Special

Administrative Region to decide on its own whether to

reinstate any.

But this proved illusory. The Chinese side mode substantial

changes to their position eroding the

the autonomy Administrative Region.

which would have had the effect of of the future Hong Kong Becial

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