MAR 18 '88 01:43 GIS HK
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Mr Lee has suggested rather ingeniously that there will be two different constituencies for people coming from the same district. Ho overlooka tvo sallant pointa. Firstly, the District Boards may elect to their constituencies mempers wno Boards, and secondly, although Mr Los hao suggestad that dirmet, elections in the constituencies are likely to attract what ne described as 'Hong Kong members' may be with an clement of vichful thinking, nevertheless, they will need to seek their vote from the district constituencies in which they stand, and that will be their
electurale.
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Mr Szeto's amendment also expresses regret that only ten dirootly elected exata will be introduced in 1991. A theme which has emerged from this debate so far is that the development of representative
The final chapter of government should not, and will not, stop in 1991. the White Paper makes it absolutely clear that there will be further development between 1991 and 1997,
The draft of the Basic Law containa
the momlu og da of
a number of options for the composition of the future Hong Kong SAR legislature. All of them provide for at least 25% or the legislature to be directly elected.
There will therefore obviously
be room to increase the directly elected element in this Council between
1997 and Tyyy.
Sir, I oppose the amendment proposed by Mr Szeto.
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