TNAG-2724-FCO40-3930-Hong-Kong-political-parties-United-Democrats-of-Hong-Kong-(U-1993 — Page 82

CONFIDENTIAL

Note

Governor's meeting on 4 January with UDIIK

At the

Messrs

representatives

Martin

Lee, Yeung Sum, Albert Ho,

Loe Wing-tat and Man Sai-cheong), the following main points

were raised :

(a)

The

Governor said he was meeting UDHK and other

political groups before ExCo decided what legislative

proposals

put to

in LegCo

present thinking was that there would probably be two

to

early February.

bills, which would be preceded

by a

alternative proposals that had

The

summary of the

been put forward and

the Government's neutral comments on them. Mr Martin

Lee agreed that there should be two bills, instead of

separate bills for individual proposals.

(b) Mr.

Lee said UDHK had put forward alternative

January would

proposals,

and on 6

submit to the

Governor the 54,000 signatures they had collected in

support

of their

referendum.

and proposals

2

for request

On the last point, Selina Chow had said

that CRC would support a referendum if there was no

consensus on the Government's bills.

Mr Lee asked

whether the Govenor would agree to a referendum, if a

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