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CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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Policy

то strengthen Hong

Kong's political institutions within the

framework of the Joint Declaration and the Basic law.

Immediate Initiatives

(a)

TO

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

separate the non-governmental membership of Exco and

LegCo.

To create a more strategic role for ExCo and to involve its Members more directly in policy making.

LegCo's President to be elected by Council Members.

The Governor to answer questions before LegCo.

To wind-up OMELCO.

To facilitate LegCo's own proposals for financial and managerial autonomy and for a committee structure which reinforces the accountability of the Executive as provided for in the Joint Declaration and Basic Law.

(g)

To create a discuss

the

LegCo/Government

Business Committee to handling of the Administration's legislative and financial programmes.

Proposals for the 1995 Elections

Consultation

These proposals have been and will be discussed with the Chinese authorities and to the fullest possible extent with LegCo and Hong Kong's other political institutions. They are consistent with the Basic Law and the Joint Declaration.

LegCo

To reduce the voting age to 18.

(a)

(b)

то

organise

constituencies

single-seat basis.

(c)

on

single-vote,

То abolish corporate voting in the existing functional constituencies and to give votes instead to individuals (e.g., the board members of a company). As far as possible, the franchise for existing

constituencies should also be broadened.

functional

G.F. 316

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