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Election means election.
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Define it please?
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There is no need to define election.
I mean there is a need to define
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because we saw in the Consultative Committee elections that election
can mean something quite different from what we have guessed election
It can mean democratic consultation, or all kinds of
wonderful things. Now, what do you believe that it actually means?
meant.
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your vote.
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I think it means election. Casting
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It means casting a vote. It means
casting a written ballot, is that right?
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Casting a vote. Just depends I
suppose. If you had a meeting with six people you wouldn't actually need to write something down on a piece of paper, perhaps. There are many meetings that take place in Hong Kong where people cast their votes just by raising their hand, but generally speaking it 24 means casting a written ballot.
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Sir David, do you think that
universal suffrage is appropriate to the situation in Hong Kong?
At least in the future, in the near future?
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Well, we already have suffrage in which there are an eligible 3-million voters. Actually, only 50% of those have exercised their right to be registered and to get on the electoral role in order to take part in elections. The elections are direct elections at a district level, direct elections to URB CO
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and REGCO, and indirect to LEGCO.
people are eligible to register
But there is suffrage. 3 million
to vote in elections in Hong Kong.
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