UNCLASSIFIED
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 613
OF 200851Z
APRIL 93
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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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MDHIAN 7693
REGISTRY
KC:
DAB'S PROPOSALS FOR 1994/95 : PRESS REPORTS
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DAB ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY (19 APRIL) ITS PROPOSALS FOR THE 1994/95 ELECTIONS. DETAILS AS REPORTED IN THE PRESS ARE AS
FOLLOWS:
DIRECT ELECTIONS
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2. DAB PROPOSED 20 DIRECTLY ELECTED SEATS FOR 1995 TO BE RETURNED BY PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION. THE WHOLE TERRITORY WOULD BE DIVIDED INTO FIVE FOUR-SEAT CONSTITUENCIES. CANDIDATES WOULD FORM THEMSELVES INTO GROUPS OF FOUR TO RUN IN THE ELECTIONS. VOTERS WOULD BE ALLOWED TO CHOOSE ONLY ONE GROUP AND VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATES THEREIN. VOTES WOULD THEN BE ALLOCATED TO THE FOUR CANDIDATES ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN AGREED PLACEMENT ORDER: THE FIRST CANDIDATE RECEIVING ALL THE VOTES, THE SECOND RECEIVING ONE HALF, THE THIRD RECEIVING ONE-THIRD AND THE FOURTH RECEIVING ONE-FOURTH. THE FOUR CANDIDATES GETTING MOST VOTES IN THE CONSTITUENCY WOULD BE RETURNED TO LEGCO.
FC ELECTIONS
THE
3. THE NINE NEW FC'S SHOULD BE DRAWN UP ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLES SET OUT IN THE 1984 AND 1988 WHITE PAPERS. FOLLOWING CONSTITUENCIES WERE SUGGESTED :
(I) (II)
(III)
LABOUR
HAWKERS
AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES
(IV)
MANAGEMENT AND
INFORMATION
(V)
SPORTS
(VI)
CULTURE
(VII)
CHINESE ENTERPRISES
SUGGESTIONS FOR THE REMAINING TWO SEATS WOULD BE MADE AFTER PUBLIC DISCUSSION.
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