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White Paper 20 Representative Governant An Hong Hong.
December 1993
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reaching zyreement is limiced by the need to put la place the legislative and practical arrangements in time for the elections, By October 1993 it became clear that we could only gain slightly more time for the talks if we proceeded with legislation on the more straightforward and urgent issues which will need to be in place by February, 1994.
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