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MR, ANDREW WONG (in Cantonese):
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agree with the reasons given by Mr, Szeto and Mr. Martin Lee on the
amendment but I am afraid I cannot agree with the implications
made in the third half of Mr Szeto's speech. Actually I think
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Now, if the DB are to remain consultative then we
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will need to have indirectly elected representatives. from the DB's. These members will not give rise to double representation, These
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As for the concept of double representation, I think we can avoid this totally by drawing the constituency boundaries
S again. Mr, Martin Lee suggested that we can have three seats for the Hong Kong Island, four for Kowloon, and two for and nobody
NY will say that these indirectly elected seats will be overlapping with the ́directly elected seats, so I don't think we can support
Some other people said that this will increase the number of legislative councillors; I dont think this will be
that the case. In 1997, I think these be about appointed seats which will be replaced by other seats. I think these should be
replaced by directly elected seats and even if we add in three
more seats, this will not vastly increase the number of seats in
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I think the most important reason is that the question of direct election and indirect election really hinges on whether we should have functional constituency, electoral colleges, or rather universal suffrage, so this has nothing really to do with the political concept of democracy. dont want to talk about
these high-sounding-theories..
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We can lock at other countries, examples whether political administration, central administration, or local administration.
ཆ མ བ སྐབསར : - Sir, the only distinction-made-is-really whether they should have
a universal election or a district based election. If the
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