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seats in 1997 would not be
sufficient to command support in
Hong Kong. He also stated that if
arrangements for constituting the
Election Committee were open and
fully representative, it should be
initiated in 1995 through
consultations between the British
and Chinese sides. In addition, he
pressed for the voting system in
the legislature after 1997 to be
the one to which Hong Kong was
accustomed.
:
Second, a reply of 20 January 1990
delivered by Mr Chen Ziying, then
Head of the Hong Kong and Macao
Affairs Office of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, to the then
British Ambassador. The Chinese
side made clear that they could not
agree to Mr Hurd's proposals on
directly elected seats.
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