26. At the end of the third round, the Chinese side dropped their precondition about an agreement on principles, and
accepted that the talks should move to matters of substance.
c) Second Phase: May-June (Rounds 4-7)
27. The second phase of the talks was taken up largely with the Chinese side moving slowly (in response to pressure from the British side) to set out their views on the main issues.
The British side continued to press for a discussion of the
through train, and of the other three issues listed in para
24 above.
28.
The Chinese position on the main issues is set out in
more detail in Part III. In summary, their position was:
On District Boards and Municipal Councils, some appointed members should be retained. The provisions
in existing Hong Kong law disqualifying members of
Legislatures outside Hong Kong from serving on the
District Boards, Municipal Councils or Legislative
Council should be amended so that representatives
from Hong Kong in China's People's Congresses could
become members of these bodies.
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On the Functional Constituencies, that there should
be no expansion of the franchise in the existing 21
constituencies, and that the nine new constituencies
should also have small electorates on the basis of
corporate voting.
On the Election Committee, that the composition and
ratio should follow precisely the model set out in
the Basic Law, Annex I (which specifies the Election
Committee that will be responsible for electing Chief
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