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customary.
This might mean appointing
persons on the basis of their promise and
potential rather than on that of actual
achievement in their chosen walk of life.
Although Standing Order No 2 of the
Legislative Council at present requires the
proceedings of the Council to be
conducted in English, the Hong Kong
Government has accepted in principle
recommendations by the Chinese Language
Committee that the Council be invited to
consider amending the Standing Order; that
simultaneous interpretation facilities be
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provided at open meetings of the Council;
and that "the introduction of facilities to
enable non-English speaking members of the
public to be eligible to serve on the Council
should be implemented at a later stage".
It is to be hoped therefore, that before
long it will be possible to abandon the
principle at para 4 (d) above.
The search for ways and means of broadening the
basis of the membership of the Legislative Council,
whilst at the same time observing the principles in
paragraph 4 above, has continued for a considerable
time but the scope for selection is limited. The
following possibilities have been examined from time
to time but although they have not been pursued it is
considered that they should continually be borne in
mind:
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