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5.

Cons

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as

is it

our

real

comfortable

and

for it.

渡室

bottomline, we

will

be

more

convincing in campaigning vigorously

its design has

no logic.

Our only reason for putting

it

forward

is

that

what

concessions.

gratitude;

negotiating table.

we have publicly

it is

But we

what we left

the

have nothing to show for

as described

on

conditional

will Nor

the

Chinese express

their

consequently, we will be accused of sell-out; and

if it is passed by LegCo against opposition from the bulk of the liberal members, we could lose much of our

credibility in the next 3 years.

6.

The likely voting pattern should there be an immediate

pre-emptive debate on

Bill is at Annex.

second

reading on the Principles of the

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