(III) VOTING AGE:
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(IV)
DELINEATION OF CONSTITUENCIES:
(V)
VOTING METHOD: AND
(VI) THROUGH TRAIN ARRANGEMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NPC
DECISION.
10. THE EDITORIAL ALSO SAID THAT THE GOVERNOR'S RECENT REMARKS ON THROUGH TRAIN HAD CREATED NEW OBSTACLES TO CONSULTATION. WHETHER THE TALKS COULD PROCEED SMOOTHLY DEPENDED ON WHETHER THE BRITISH WERE SINCERE AND WHETHER THEY WOULD SET NEW OBSTACLES. A SMOOTH TRANSITION COULD BE ACHIEVED ONLY IF THINGS WERE DONE ACCORDING TO UNDERSTANDINGS AND AGREEMENTS REACHED AND CONVERGENCE WITH THE BL. IF THE BRITISH SIDE COULD RETURN TO THIS TRACK AND ADMIT THAT THERE HAD BEEN UNDERSTANDINGS AND AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES, THE TALKS COULD BRING GOOD NEWS TO HONG KONG PEOPLE.
TA KUNG PAO
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11 EDITORIALLY, TA KUNG STRESSED THE NEED FOR THE 1995 LEGCO TO COMPLY WITH THE BL IF THE THROUGH TRAIN FORMULA WERE TO APPLY. IT WARNED THAT FURTHER TWISTS AND TURNS WOULD OCCUR IF SOME PROPOSAL DEVIATING FROM THE BL OR DEMAND TO AMEND THE BL AND THE RELEVANT DECISIONS WERE MADE DURING THE TALKS. IT ALSO WARNED THAT THE TALKS WOULD END IMMEDIATELY IF THE BILL WAS INTRODUCED INTO LEGCO.
THROUGH TRAIN
12.
EXCO MEMBER EDWARD CHEN WAS QUOTED AS SAYING THE THROUGH TRAIN WAS A VERY IMPORTANT PRINCIPLE. GIVEN THE TALKS WERE AIMED TO ACHIEVE CONTINUITY BEYOND 1997, THE THROUGH TRAIN WOULD THUS BE AN ESSENTIAL CONDITION. IF WE WERE TO GIVE UP THIS BOTTOMLINE, THERE WOULD NOT BE ANY NEED FOR THE TALKS.
13. HONG KONG ECONOMIC JOURNAL REPORTED TODAY THAT A CHINESE OFFICIAL HAD DESCRIBED AS UNREASONABLE THE GOVERNOR'S DEMAND FOR THE CHINESE TO UNDERTAKE THAT ALL MEMBERS OF THE 1995 LEGCO COULD CROSS OVER 1997. THE OFFICIAL REPEATED THE BL PROVISIONS AND REMARKED THAT AS THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE HAD YET TO BE SET UP,
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