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Annex E(3)
Paper Handed Over to the Chinese Government :
Legislative Council Membership of the
Chinese Requirement for
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
with the
During their meeting in Peking on 11 January 1998 Governor of Hong Kong, Mr. LI Hou and Mr. LU Ping said that 2 nationality restriction on members of the legislature of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region was under consideration.
2.
on the
According to press reports, the BLDC Special Group Political System has proposed that the Basic Law should include a stipulation that members Of the legislature of the Hong Kong SAR shall be Chinese citizens who are permanent residents of the SAR and who have no right of abode in foreign countries; and that permanent residents of the SAR who are not Chinese nationals or who have a right of abode in foreign countries may also be elected as members, but they shall not exceed 15 percent of total membership.
3.
Serious doubts have been raised in Hong Kong about the practicability of these proposals. The British Government hope the following comments will be helpful to the Chinese Government in coming to a final view on these
proposals:
(A)
Although nationality restrictions do exist in some legislatures, no such restrictions have been placed on membership of the Hong Kong Legislative Council, the Municipal Councils or the District
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