GF 333
GOVERMENT HOUSE HONG KONG.
FRI 15 JAN. 93 09:28
PG.12
CONFIDENTIAL
the
compositing
Governor asked,
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the
first FC should be.
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if there were to be a diffcrent model fc= chs DC, what would be the mechaniɔma tor arriving the members. Mr Howard Yung said his own proposals contained proposals foc such mechanisms . As he
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the EC.
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the Main difference between the Government's proposals and the "deal" was that the laller envisaged an EC composed of four sectors. The Governor aaid that WOO not what Lu Fing had said about the "deal". MI R Arculli said mechanisma would depend on the COMPO sition Of
CRC' # ¿conclusion was that such details should
malteri for discussion with the Chinese. He recalled that the LegCo Select Committee (on Legislative Council Elections) had been unanimous in agreeing not to put forward such suggestions, other than to say that the processes should be democratte and should be agreed between, the UKG and the FRC. The Governor Said he would be content with the FC being Zevised
accordance vith the five principles mentioned in the exchanges.
The Covernment's Proposals were in line with the principlec, and there could be others. The difficult issue was not who, how people became EC membeËK. Mr Arcnlli said they agreed. Mr Yeung said a four-sector EC could be
the principles.
in
with
but
The CRC that
reconciled representatives agreed wichai: the Governor appointment of EC members could not be reconciled with the principles, and that
fundamental issue was that FC members should be jelected, not selected ar appointed. They said on that basis it should be broadly-based EC.
object to categories principle to it had yet
devise į a
possible to MIS Selina Chow asked whether the Governor would
the EÇ
being constituted of four The Governor sajă he had no objection in other people being added to the EC. aut to be demonstrated as to how such peoplc could bc clccted, and there had been no alternative proposals that envisaged and elected EC. He said the how people became DC members was the issue the PRC. Mrs Chow said from their point of view it was the composition, rather than the
issue
dividing
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from
aclcction method, that was the difference.
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the Governor asked what
CRC's views on
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proposals For the existing PC)- Mr Arculli could be abuses in both corporate and individuai voting, In either case they agreed with the principle that mechaniems should be devised to minimize abuses, They also had по problem with the idea of having as Many individual voters as possible, but there could be
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