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of Hong Kong's system of representative government.
Would be welcomed by the community 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 to make such a
major constitutional
change in 1988, given that
opinions in the community on this issue are
this issue are so clearly
divided.
The argument that the Legislative Council
with its present
rather than undergo a second
should continue for one more term
forms of membership,
restructuring in three years, is strong.
However,
there are also good reasons for leaving sufficient time
before 1997 for the new form of election
election to become
firmly established. The Government has therefore
decided to introduce a number of directly elected
Members into the Legislative Council in 1991.
29.
are best
The Government believes that direct elections
of the basis
single-seat
This raises the question
carried out on
geographical constituencies.
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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