AT APPENDIX 1 IS A LIST OF SECTORS AND GROUPINGS WHICH WOULD
APPEAR TO MERIT CONSIDERATION FOR INCLUSION IN THE MEMBERSHIP OF
THE GEC. A POSSIBLE APPROACH FOR SELECTING MEMBERS MIGHT BE TO
ADAPT THE METHOD USED FOR CONSTITUTING THE BASIC LAW CONSULTATIVE
COMMITTEE AS FOLLOWS :
(A) EACH SECTOR OR GROUPING WOULD BE ALLOCATED A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF SEATS ON THE GEC ON THE BASIS OF SOME SUITABLE AND, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, OBJECTIVE CRITERIA (E.G. NUMBER OF PAID-UP MEMBERS, RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION TO GDP, ETC.) SEMICOLON
(B) WITHIN EACH SECTOR OR GROUPING, THE ORGANIZATION OR ORGANIZATIONS GENERALLY ACCEPTED AS BEING THE MOST WIDELY REPRESENTATIVE MIGHT BECOME DESIGNATED BODIES SEMICOLON OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, IF ANY, WITHIN THE SECTOR OR GROUPING MIGHT BECOME UNDESIGNATED BODIES' SEMICOLON
(C) EACH DESIGNATED BODY WOULD BE ENTITLED TO SELECT A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES TO BE MEMBERS OF THE GEC,
IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS OWN PROCEDURES SEMICOLON
(D) THE REMINING SEATS WITHIN THE SECTOR OR GROUPING CONCERNED WOULD FORM A POOL'', AND UNDESIGNATED BODIES WITHIN THE SECTOR OR GROUPING WOULD, SUBJECT TO THEIR BEING ABLE TO ESTABLISH THEIR BONA FIDES AND REPRESENTATIVE STATUS, BE ENTITLED TO REGISTER AS VOTERS IN THE APPROPRIATE SECTOR OR GROUPING. EACH SUCH BODY WOULD BE ENTITLED (BUT NOT OBLIGED) TO NOMINATE A CANDIDATE, AS WELL AS TO VOTE IN THE ELECTION OF REPRESENTATIVES TO FILL THE SEATS
IN THE ''POOL''.
10.
IN PAPER 11 OF MAY 1986 IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT A BROADLY-BASED ELECTORAL COLLEGE MIGHT ALSO INCLUDE, IN ADDITION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF MAJOR FUNCTIONAL GROUPS AND TERRITORY-WIDE ORGANIZATIONS:
(A) CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE AND THE LEGISLATURE SEMICOLON
AND
(B) FORMER MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND THE
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
11. ON FIRTHER REFLECTION, THERE WOULD APPEAR TO BE ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE INCLUSION OF SUCH GROUPS AS OF RIGHT, ALTHOUGH THE INDIVIDUALS CONCERNED MIGHT WELL BE SELECTED AS MEMBERS TO REPRESENT PARTICULAR SECTORS. THE REASONS ARE THAT IF, AS SUGGESTED IN NOTES 1 AND 2 OF JULY 1987, THE TERM OF OFFICE OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE COINCIDES WITH THAT OF THE LEGISLATURE, AND THE TERMS OF OFFICE OF MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ARE ALSO LINKED TO THAT OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE, ELECTIONS FOR THE NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE WOULD BE HELD AT A TIME WHEN THE LEGISLATURE WAS EITHER ALREADY DISSOLVED, OR ABOUT TO BE DISSOLVED, AND THE TERMS OF OFFICE OF MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL WERE ALSO DRAWING
TO A CLOSE. UNDER SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES IT IS DOUBTFUL WHETHER IT
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