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candidates is that they should
of 10 nomintors and put down a
is accepted that the deposit
larger
winner
obtain the support fixed deposit.
It
would have to be
for candidates to the legislature. The
would be the
candidate who received
a
larger number of votes than any other candidate.
No absolute majority would be required.
(b) To give District Boards a role in selecting
candidates either by:
on e or two
Board
I f
(i) allowing each Board to elect
candidates who would then stand for direct
election against other District
candidates in the same consitutuency.
the constituency covered only one district,
the Board would have to choose two or three
candidates. If the constituency covered two
or more districts, one or two candidates
chosen by each Board would suffice to
produce a reasonable number of candidates
for each seat.
1.2.
(ii)
By requiring candidates to obtain the
support as
as nominators of a specified number
of District Board members within the constituency, each member being qualified to act as nominator to only one candidate.
Method (a) will be strongly supported by those who favour a simple open system and who believe that they have wide support in a politically active section of the population. It will not be favoured by those who believe that it will be too great a step for Hong Kong at least at its present stage of development and will fear that it will lead to a disturbing degree of political activity
sensitive time.
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