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HONG KONG: CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT : GRAND ELECTORAL
COLLEGE/ELECTION COMMITTEE
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2. The British side remains of the view that one of the best ways
of ensuring a smooth transfer of government in 1997 would be to
provide that all members elected to the Legislative Council in 1995
should be able to continue in office until 1999. To this end the
British side confirm that they would be willing to cooperate with
the Chinese side and introduce the GEC/Election Committee method of
election to the legislature in 1995, providing that the two sides
can reach an understanding on satisfactory arrangements for such
elections.
3.
The aspects on which we believe agreement would be necessary
are:-
(a) the size and composition of the GEC/Election Committee, including how each category of member should be delineated and how
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