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QUERMENT HOUSE HONG KONG.

TUE 21 SEP 93 09:01

PG.03

布政司著

香港下亞原車道

EXEX Our Ref CAB C1/25

GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT

OVER ALBERT ROAD

HONG KON

WINKW Your Ref.

Tel. No. 810 2744

21 September 1993

D/O

1993

Thank concerning

for you

our

your meeting

involved in splitting up the

letter

on

of 14 September technicalities Provisions

the Electoral

(Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 1993.

approach

any

AS I explained to the Hon. Allen Lee over the phone last Tuesday we felt that the fairest and most

would be for productive

follow-up sessions between CAB officials and political groups to take place after the Governor has finished his current series of meetings with all the other political groups

members independent

Legislative Council (Legco). We have, however, noted your strong wish for early clarification on the point you raised. therefore happy to

provide a detailed reply on this

and

particular point.

of

the

I am

that

you

: why can we

The

fundamentally arrangements

question this

from

the

rest

of

the

have not

raised is separate the

concerning the District Board elections

and package

negotiate arrangements for the Legislative Council elections in slower time? The further question you have asked is why such separation would only "gain" about three to four weeks for the current talks.

issues

First of all, let me say that the many involved in the electoral arrangements for 1994/1995 are interlinked. For example :