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SCMP, page A1 March 02, 2010


1. ... without treading on Beijing's toes
- offending Beijing -

2. when resolutions ... are tabled to the Legislative Council
- presented -

3. ... could be included in the resolutions' preamble
- text of introduction -

4. if the administration endorses principles that would guarantee genuine universal suffrage
- supports -

5. This include the scrapping of functional constituencies
- getting rid of -

... and the setting of a nomination threshold for the 2017 chief executive election no more stringent than that for the 2007 election
- limit -
- rigid, tight -

6. think tank
- research organisation -

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