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seats in the SAR legislature in

1997, 24 in 1999, and 30 in 2003.

However, he said that he hoped the

Chinese side would come to share

the British side's view that a

faster pace in introducing directly

elected seats would be both

manageable and desirable and that,

by agreement with the Chinese side,

an appropriate increase might be

made in 1995. (That understanding

was made public by Mr Hurd in the

House of Commons on 16 February

1990. statement attached.) He

addressed three other areas the

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Election Committee, the new

nationality provisions for the SAR

legislature, and the voting method

for the SAR legislature.

On the

Election Committee, Mr Hurd said

that he agreed in principle with

the arrangements proposed by the

Chinese side, which could be

established in 1995, but that

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