sectors on the lines set out in Annex 1 of the Basic Law. The
first three sectors would be elected by grouping the 30 Functional Constituencies into three groups of ten. Electors in
each Functional Constituency would then elect a specified number
of members to the Election Committee, as well as a Functional
Constituency representative to the Legislative Council. On the
fourth sector, the British side proposed that it should be returned by members of the District Boards, Municipal Councils
and the Heung Yee Kuk. They made clear that for the reasons
noted above, it would not be appropriate for members of the 1991 Legislative Council, or Hong Kong Deputies to the NPC and
representatives of the CPPCC to serve on the Election Committee
simply by virtue of their membership of these bodies. During
Round 14, in another effort to narrow the gap, the British side
confirmed that NPC and CPPCC representatives would be free to
stand for election to the Election Committee; and accepted the
Chinese proposal that the size of the 1995 Election Committee
should be about 600, as part of an overall package deal.
65. On voting method, the British side proposed that the
Functional Constituencies would elect the first three sectors by
the block-vote method, ie each Functional Constituency elector
would have as many votes as the number of members to be returned
by that Functional Constituency. Elections within the Election
Committee would use the single transferable vote method. Any registered voter who was eligible to serve as a Legislative council
would be eligible for election by the Election Committee
provided he or she secured at least five nominations by Election
Committee members.
66. In the view of Her Majesty's Government and the Hong Kong Government, this revised proposal, although less simple than
the Governor's original proposal, would meet the essential requirements by ensuring that the Election Committee would be
elected by people who had been elected fairly and openly in
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