Later, when the two sides almost reached identical views on the arrangements for elections of municipal councils and the district boards, the British side intentionally confused these elections with that of the Legislative Council and unilaterally terminated the talks and then introduced the first part of the package to the Legislative Council last December. XINHUA correspondent Patten declared that XINHUA passage of Hong Kong Governor Patten 's partial electoral bill was taken in disregard of persuasion by China and the aspirations of Hong Kong citizens and are due to change in British policies toward China . The Chinese side adopted double-faced tactics in negotiations. The Basic Law had stipulated that the socialist system and would not be practiced in Hong Kong and the previous capitalist system would remain unchanged for 1997 . Before the British and British agree on arrangements for the 1994/1995 elections, the bodies produced by the British -Hong Kong Legislative Council cannot remain beyond 1997 .
XINHUA correspondent Patten declared that XINHUA passage of Hong Kong Governor Patten 's partial electoral bill was taken in disregard of persuasion by China and the aspirations of Hong Kong citizens and are due to change in British policies toward China . The Chinese side adopted double-faced tactics in negotiations. The Basic Law had stipulated that the socialist system and would not be practiced in Hong Kong and the previous capitalist system would remain unchanged for 1997 . Before the British and British agree on arrangements for the 1994/1995 elections, the bodies produced by the British -Hong Kong Legislative Council cannot remain beyond 1997 .