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MDHIAN 2977
CASE FOR LIMITED EXPANSION IN 1998. ''
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PARA 41 SECOND
DELETE ''AND''
''THER IS WIDE
I
SENTENCE: INSERT A FULL STOP AFTER '1985' AND
AND 'FOR THERE WAS WIDE SUPPORT'' READ
SUPPORT''.
(P) PARA 41, FINAL SENTENCE: DELETE ALL AFTER ''THEY SUGGEST THAT'
AND INSERT THE FOLLOWING: ''THE RANGE OF SECTORS REPRESENTED BY THE PRESENT NINE CONSTITUENCIES (SEE FOOTNOTE) IS ABOUT RIGHT
BUT THAT THERE IS A CASE FOR ENLARGING PARTICULAR CONSTITUENCIES
TO INCLUDE MORE GROUPS WITH RELATED INTERESTS. CONSEQUENTLY THE GOVERNMENT HAS CONCLUDED THAT THERE SHOULD BE A SMALL INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF SEATS ELECTED THROUGH FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES.'' (FOOTNOTE: THE PRESENT CONSTITUENCIES ARE: COMMERCIAL SEMI-COLON INDUSTRIAL SEMI-COLON FINANCIAL SEMI-
COLON LABOUR SEMI-COLON SOCIAL SERVICES SEMI-COLON MEDICAL SEMI-COLON TEACHING SEMI-COLON LEGAL SEMI-COLON AND ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURAL, SURVEYING AND PLANNING.)''.
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PARA 42(A) SECOND SENTENCE: AFTER ''ENSURE THAT'' DELETE
''THE''.
(R) PARA 42(C): SEE REVISED DRAFT IN MIFT.
(S) PARA 44: SEE REVISED DRAFT IN MIFT.
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