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16. ACCORDING TO MING PAO (25.6), A CHINESE OFFICIAL SAID THAT THE BRITISH SIDE HAD NOT GIVEN SUFFICIENT EXPLANATION ON WHY TWO BERTHS WERE AWARDED TO THE CONSORTIA HEADED BY THE JARDINE GROUP, WHILE OTHER OPERATORS WERE ONLY GIVEN ONE EACH.

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17. THE PAPERS REPORTED (24.6) ON THE FIRST MEETING ON 23 JUNE OF THE LEGCO GROUP STUDYING THE MERGER OF THE YAU TSIM AND MONGKOK DISTRICTS. LEGCO MEMBER ALLEN LEE OF THE LIBERAL PARTY PREPARATORY COMMITTEE CRITICISED THE GOVERNMENT FOR IGNORING PUBLIC VIEWS, GIVEN THAT 26 OF THE 27 DB MEMBERS OF THE TWO DISTRICTS HAD EXPRESSED OBJECTION TO THE MERGER. UDHK LEGCO MEMBERS, ON THE OTHER HAND, SUPPORTED THE USE OF POPULATION SIZE AS A GUIDELINE TO DECIDE THE DEMARCATION OF DISTRICTS.

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