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we could not have accepted such an understanding on

appointed membership. The Chinese proposal represented an

erosion of the autonomy promised to the Hong Kong SAR under the

Joint Declaration and the Basic Law.

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for the SAR authorities on their own to determine by law the

composition of the "district organisations", including the

question of what (if any) should be the number of appointed DB/MC members. This should be a matter within the high degree

of autonomy that Hong Kong is guaranteed under both the Joint Declaration and the Basic Law. If that autonomy is undermined, the basis for Hong Kong's future stability and prosperity is undermined. The British side could not accept an understanding based on the intent to undermine Hong K? g's autonomy.

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