ONE, GROUPED INTO TE GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTITUENCIES EACH BASED ON TWO OR THREE DISTRICTS AND REPRESENTING ROUGHLY 500,000 PEOPLE EACH AND MEMBERS OF THE UREAN COUNCIL AND REGIONAL COUNCIL WILL FORM TWO SPECIAL CONSTITUENCIES. THUS THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE WILL RETURN 12 UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN THE 1935 ELECTIONS INSTEAD OF THE SIX MEMBERS ORIGINALLY
PROPOSED IN THE GREEN PAPER.
10. FOR THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE ELECTIONS A LIST OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE URBAN AND REGIONAL COUNCILS AND OF THE DISTRICT BOARDS WILL BE PUBLISHED AS THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE ROLL. THE QUALIFICATIONS TO BE A CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BY THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE WILL BE THE SAME AS THOSE IN THE ELECTORAL PROVISIONS ORDINANCE FOR ELECTION TO THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE DISTRICT BOARDS, NAMELY: A CANDIDATE MUST BE A REGISTERED VOTER ON THE GENERAL ELECTORAL ROLL WITH A MINIMUM OF 10 YEARS RESIDENCE IN HONG KONG.
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11. CAREFUL CONSIDERATION HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE QUESTION OF WHETHER FOREIGN NATIONALS LIVING IN HONG KONG SHOULD BE EXCLUDED FROM STANDING AS CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. ON THE ONE HAND, IT HAS BEEN ARGUED THAT IT WOULD BE WRONG IN PRINCIPLE FOR SUCH PERSONS TO SIT ON THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, BECAUSE THEY DO NOT BELONG TO HONG KONG NOR IS THEIR FIRST LOYALTY TO HONG KONG, NOTWITHSTANDING WHAT MIGHT BE CONSIDERABLE PERIODS OF RESIDENCE LOCALLY. ON THE OTHER HAND, HONG KONG IS A VERY COSMOPOLITAN AND OPEN SOCIETY TO WHICH FOREIGN NATIONALS HAVE MADE AND WILL NO DOUBT CONTINUE TO MAKE AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE WELL-BEING AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY. IT WOULD BE TO HONG KONG'S ADVANTAGE IF SUCH PERSONS WERE ALLOWED TO SIT ON THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, IN THE SAME WAY AS THEY ARE ALLOWED TO ST ON THE URBAN COUNCIL AND DISTRICT BOARDS, ALTHOUGH IT IS UNLIKELY THAT, IN PARACTICE, MANY WOULD DO SO. SQUARE BRACKETS END
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12. ON BALANCE, THE GOVERNMENT HAS CONCLURED THAT FOREIGN NATIONALS SHOULD NOT BE EXCLUDED FROM STANDING FOR ELECTION TO THE
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
OR
ON BALANCE, THE GOVERNMENT HAS CONCLUDED THAT ONLY PERSONS WHO ARE EITHER BRITISH OR CHINESE BY NATIONALITY OR ORIGIN SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO STAND FOR ELECTION TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE FOR THIS WILL BE DRAFTED ACCORDINGLY.
THIS WILL APPLY TO BOTH THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE AND THE
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13. FURTHER DETAILS OF THESE PROPOSALS ARE GIVEN AT APPENDIX A.
THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES
12 14. THE GREEN PAPER STRESSED THAT FULL WEIGHT SHOULD BE
GIVEN TO REPRESENTATION OF THE ECONOMIC AND PROFESSIONAL SECTORS
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CONFIDENTIAL
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