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An Additional Section

19

30.

section

Perhaps the

White Paper should also include a

which explains HMG/HKG's objectives during the

negotiations:

(a) The

1992 Policy Address

put

forward

proposals

specifically intended for discussion in Peking and

London as well as in Hong Kong.

(b)

HKG, once in direct negotiation with the CPG, was

very willing to show every possible consideration

for CPG anxieties and sensitivities.

(c)

In

consequence, HKG devised a menu of new proposals

which on the Election Committee and Functional

Constituencies, bore little resemblance to the

original constitutional package.

(a) The only practical constraint

on how far HKG was

willing to go in meeting the CPG was the obligation

to

the community that

arrangements

the 1994/95 election

should "fair, open and acceptable to

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