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MORE CONCERNED WITH THEIR LIVELIHOOD, STABILITY AND CLOSE TIES WITH CHINA. THE PAPER ALSO ACCUSED ME OF ABUSING DIRECT ELECTIONS BY REPLACING THE CORPORATE VOTING BY INDIVIDUAL VOTERS FOR THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES AND INTRODUCING SO MANY FORMS OF DIRECT ELECTIONS.
6"
THE HK COMMERCIAL DAILY COMMENTED THAT MY DRASTIC PROPOSALS HAD ALREADY SOWED SEEDS OF INSTABILITY FOR HONG KONG AND WOULD ERODE INVESTORS' CONFIDENCE.
COMMENT
7. AVOIDANCE OF ARGUMENTS TO SUBSTANTIATE THE CHARGE THAT MY PROPOSALS ARE AGAINST THE BASIC LAW. WIDESPREAD USE OF SCARE TACTICS. AS WE ARE REPORTING SEPARATELY, THIS IS HAVING AN EFFECT IN THE LINE BEING TAKEN IN EDITORIALS OF MASS CIRCULATION CHINESE-
LANGUAGE DAILIES.
PATTEN
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.HK POLICY
HKD
PUSD
FED
63
DISTRIBUTION
67
PLANNERS
RAD
PS
PS/MR GOODLAD
LEGAL ADVISERS//MS BARRETT
.AND MS BROOKS
NEWS D
SIR J COLES
MR APPLEYARD
MR HUM
ADDITIONAL
4
CAB OFF//SIR R BRAITHWAITE
CAB OFF //MS D CORNER
CAB OFF//MR CHARLTON
PS/PM
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2
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