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members of the public who could be led to believe that we

have

made

membership.

major

concessions on the question of MC

The advantage of this option is that we could

probably avoid open debate on the deadline for the Talks at

the critical time.

Announcement of legislative amendment in October

8.

On

reconsideration,

we consider that it is more

preferable

Ordinance,

and

for us to seek an amendment of the BEC

thus avoiding BEC being engaged in abortive work

the resultant public confusion. We have, however,

examined the latest possible date to announce this

which would still allow us to persuade in time the

withhold public consultation on MC constituency

further

decision

BEC to

boundaries.

preparation

Since the BEC will be finalizing its

work for the public consultation exercise

(starting on 29 October) on or around 20 October, we

suggest that announcement of our decision could be deferred

to that date. On one hand, this would prevent the BEC from

being engaged in what would promise to be a confusing

public consultation exercise. On the other hand, we could

probably delay the issue of a deadline for the Talks coming

to a head in public by a further two weeks.

G.F. 316

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