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(11)
the system
Of
voting i.e, whether there are to
are
64 double-seat CB
be single or double-seat etc. constituencies.
[Note:
there present constituencies and 146 single-seat ones..
at
These two
issues
must
therefore be
settled,
and
incorporated in the relevant legislation, by July 1993.
As DB constituencies are to be the building blocks for
LegCo
constituencies, it will
the BEC
if enormously
the
facilitate the work of
for LegCo
voting system
election is determined by legislation at the same time.
The next Legislative Council election will be held in September 1995. We need to enact legislation relating to the functional constituencies by mid-1993 because
(a)
(b)
FC
first, all forms of
in corporate voting election will be replaced by individual voters. To ensure that only persons who are genuinely connected with the FCs will be eligible to vote,
the joined
must have
a company representative organisations
relevant
for at least one
as
electors.
legislation must
be
Thus,
enacted
the
by
year before its directors (who in turn must have been a director of the company for at least one
year)
register can
necessary mid-1993 SO as to enable those who are eligible to comply with the qualification requirement in time for inclusion in the voter register during
the statutory period of April June 1994.
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secondly, as new FCS (with large electorate] be created, and franchise for the existing
will
FCS will also be expanded, we
should
give
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