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5.

Mr Hurd told the House of Commons

on 16 February 1990: "The key issues (other

than directly elected seats) are voting

procedures, the composition and constitution

of the Grand Electoral College.... and

restrictions on the nationality of members

of the post-1997 legislature.

As for

1995, we plan to increase the number of

directly elected seats to at least 20. If

we then decide to introduce the electoral

arrangements envisaged in the Basic Law, it

will be possible for members elected in 1995

to carry on over the 1997 barrier to 1999.

This statement makes clear that no decision

had been taken on whether or not to

introduce the electoral arrangements in the

Basic Law: the British side was waiting to

see its final terms.

6.

It has also subsequently been made

clear by Chinese officials on various

occasions that they had not decided to

establish the Election Committee for the

first SAR legislature on the lines set out

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