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the earlier
10
historical
sections,
which emphasize
HMG's commitment to stability, are not amended.)
(b) What was the rationale for the approach adopted in
the 1992 Policy Address?
As it stands, our best case is not presented in
It comprises only two points:
(a) "There was a widespread view in the community that
this process should be taken further."
(b) "The Chinese side maintained the Basic Law could
not be changed (i.e., to provide for more directly
elected
seats). The Governor therefore decided
to put forward proposals ... in conformity with the
Basic Law."
14.
A stronger explanation for present policy (which
would also deal with perceptions of discontinuity in policy
in 1992) might include following points:
(a) When Mr Patten arrived as Governor of Hong Kong in
neither the British Government nor Hong
July 1992,
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