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The introduction of

Voting method by the time of the first session of the Legislative Council of the SAR in 1997 will not affect the

onvergence of the political systems.

1.

With

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cegard to the limit to the number of seats Legislative Council of the SAR for those permanent Hong Kong residents who are not Chinese nationals or who have a

right of abode in

foreign countries, China's position is

clear.

already very

The Basic Law must include 3

stipulation to limit the number of seats which could be

neid by the following two categories of people in the Legislative Council in the SAR : 1) Foreigners, CI

permanent

Region wno

who

residents of the Hong Kong Special Administrative are not Chinese nationals; 2) Chinese citizens

are permanent residents of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and have a right of abode in foreign countries. The measure to include the second category of people IS adopted solely because the British side has unilaterally announced to grant "full British citizenship"

50,000 families.

to

nationality restrictions

The British statement that по

have been placed on membership of

the Hong Kong Legislative Council is not consistent with

the historical facts of Hong Kong.

The ninth plenary

session of the BLDC will make the decision on the extent of the said limit.