District Organisations.
But the prohibition on members of
other Parliaments and Councils should remain.
40. The British side agreed in Round 14 that as part of an agreed overall package, they would be willing to commend to the Legislative Council an amendment to the law to permit People's Congress Deputies to become members of the Legislative Council and District Organisations.
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41.
The Governor proposed in October 1992 that all members of
the District Boards and Municipal Councils should be directly-elected (except for ex-officio members in the New
Territories, who are elected representatives of villages).
42. Since their inception the District Boards and Municipal Councils have been moving away from a wholly appointed
membership towards an elected membership. The Governor's
proposal is fully consistent with the principle of open and fair elections, and of the gradual development of Hong Kong's political system.
43. The Chinese proposal made in Round 4 of the talks was
that the nature, functions and method for forming the District
Organisations should remain unchanged. Appointed membership
should be retained.
44. The Chinese proposal seeks to freeze the development of
democracy in the District Boards and Municipal Councils at its
1991 level. This is inconsistent with the professed Chinese
desire to see gradual and orderly progress towards full democracy in Hong Kong.
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