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linking issues concerning the 1995 LegCo election with arrangements for the 1994-95 District Board, Municipal Council and Regional Council elections (CNS 22 November).

A6. Lu Ping told a Hong Kong Women's delegation that the question of the single vote single seat system for the 1995 LegCo elections had not yet been discussed but could be discussed further. He added that the Chinese side had

however said it opposed the single vote single seat system but the question of arrangements for LegCo should be put aside or considered as a whole, whereas the questions of

District Boards and Municipal Councils should be solved

first and ample time would be left for discussions on questions concerning LegCo (TKP 28 November).

A7. Speaking to a Hong Kong Motion Picture Industry

Association delegation, Lu Ping said that if electoral arrangements were to be discussed by LegCo there would be nothing for the two sides to discuss (HK press 30 Nov).

A8.

Speaking to a group of Wanchai District Board Members led by Peggy Lam, Wang Qiren of the HKMAO said that the

British side had mixed difficult issues with easier ones;

when an agreement was about to be reached on arrangements

for District Board and Municipal Council elections, the

British side had insisted on inserting the LegCo election

method into the discussion (WWP 30 November).

CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTIONS

THROUGH TRAIN

B1.

Wang Fengchao of the HKMAO was quoted by members of the Federation for the Stability of Hong Kong as saying that only persons who supported the Basic Law and JD and

pledged their allegiance to the SARG could ride the through

train (RTHK Radio 1 - relayed by GIS Media Research

Division 17 November).