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of Hong Kong's system of representative government.
would be welcomed by the community and
and would be
conducive to the maintenance of stability.
28.
On the question of timing, the Government has
concluded that it would not be right
not be right to make such a
major constitutional change in 1988, given that
opinions in the community on this issue are so clearly
divided. The argument that the Legislative Council
should continue for one more term with its present
forms of membership, rather than undergo a second
restructuring in three years, is strong. However,
there are also good reasons for leaving sufficient time
before 1997 for
for the new form of election to become
firmly established.
decided
to
The Government has therefore
introduce a number of directly elected
Members into the Legislative Council in 1991.
29.
The Government believes that direct elections
are best carried out on the basis of single-seat
geographical constituencies. This raises the question
of what happens to the present geographically-based
electoral college seats. It is difficult to see any
advantage in having two parallel systems of
geographical representation in the Legislative Council,
operating both directly and through District Boards.
That would mean having Members elected on a
basis by both direct and indirect
geographical
methods.
I n
addition,
having two types of
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