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should be replaced shunda
The only thing that will go will be appointed seats and therefore our train of development is that any new seats should take the place of appointed seats.
Of course, I do agree that there are certain
shortcomings in the existing electoral college and The most
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obvious one is that the numbers are much too few and it
will lead to a monopoly and at the same time create clique politics and also favours and grudges. However, these
changing shortcomings can be overcome by the way of voting. I have suggested to the Survey Office that the existing electoral college, made up by the ten District Boards, should be changed into a nominating body; and every five members of the nominating body can nominate one candidate and the candidates should be divided into ten groups and voting should be done by all District Board members a total of 405. Each one
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advantages;# there will be no monopoly there will be no clique
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politics and At the same time, the candidate and the voter will
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not be on too familiar terms and there will not be friendship votes. It will therefore be more objective. I hope that the Government will consider these and it will be implemente in this year's electoral college elections.
Sir, with these remarks, I support the amendment.
MR CHEONG-LEEN:
Sir, like Mr, Szeto Wah and
Mr. Martin Lee, I firmly support the principle of the electoral college system. I have said it consistently and I still say so. I found it rather confusing as to what could be the future of the electoral college system in the White Paper, we know what will happen to the pistrict Boards/ electoral college Members have already spoken in detail about that and we know what is proposed for the municipal councils. that is all that is said in the White Paper on electoral
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colleges. We dont know what could be the future as we move
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