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1988
Council elections
Legislative Council
for
both
the
functional constituencies and the electoral college.
Details of the system are at Appendix C.
Other Electoral Arrangements
73.
The Green Paper mentioned the Government's
increase election deposits and to
intention
to
introduce tighter
name-dropping,
the
controls
on matters
such
as
filing of returns for election
expenses and the supply to candidates of
information
about registered voters, Legislation on these points
was enacted in December 1987.
74.
The Green Paper invited views on the limits on
election expenses, in particular that for candidates in
Most comment on this was Municipal Council elections.
to
in favour of retaining the present limit of $35,000 for
Municipal Council elections. The Government has
decided that all limits on election expenses should be
reviewed regularly, both immediately after each set of
elections and again six months before the next set of
elections, in order
ensure that they keep up with
changing circumstances and with inflation.
Accordingly, the limits for District Board elections
for the next
Legislative Council and Municipal Council elections.
will be reviewed in March 1988 and September 1988
respectively.
were
reviewed recently
and those
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