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DATE : 10 December 1987
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Mr Gillmore
REVIEW OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT: DISTRICT BOARD AND MUNICIPAL
COUNCILS
INDEX
PA
Action Taker
Problem
1.
District Board elections will be held in Hong Kong on 10 March 1988. By law nominations must be open from 1-15 January.
The Hong Kong Government propose to announce on 17 December
arrangements for the elections, including:
(a)
(b)
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(c)
the number of seats;
the Government's intention to retain the present ratio of two
elected members to one appointed member;
the Government's proposal that Urban Council members should
cease to sit on District Boards in 1989; and
(a)
the Government's proposal that dual membership of District
Boards and the Urban Council should in future be permitted.
Points (b) and (c) are decisions on matters raised in the Green
Paper on representative government, and point (d) flows from these
decisions.
Recommendation
2.
I recommend that we accept the Hong Kong Government proposal, although this involves anticipating the White Paper on certain
minor,
points.
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