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Soundings : Selina Chow (20 Oct.)

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debate likely

is

The The

Wing anangeraads for the FCS.

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was too horrified to think about a

Provided the functional constituencies allowed

for voting to reflect the wish of corporations instead of individuals, the Liberal Party would support a bill based

on the 1993 package. Liberal Party unlikely to ask the two

governments to go back to the talks in the event of a

breakdown.

28/19

Detail

2.

possible

Mrs

Chow began by saying that we should make every

endeavour to reach an agreement with the Chinese.

A breakdown would have catastrophic effects on HK and the authority of HKG with its less-than-4-years life span. She

did not see how the Chinese would agree to the financial

arrangements for the airport and CT9 in those

China would react irrationally, as it had

dore So many times before, and "dropped the stone on its

owr. feet".

circumstances.

3.

She thought that a bill based on the 1992 package

would attract an even more severe reaction from China. If

we were to introduce legislation, we should base it on the

1993 package for FCs and ECS.

She believed that the

Chinese were much more relaxed about arrangements for

DB/MCS, and that the Liberal Party would not oppose our proposals in this respect.

GF. 316

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