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body of an
FC were
also being
introduced. He felt these proposals should not be too
controversial.
With regard to new FCs the main difficulty
groups which would meet the criteria
7.
was
to
identify
for
establishing
a FC as set out in the 1988 White
Paper on Representative Government i.e. that the group
should be representative and constitute a substantial
He said, this was not an easy task, even
franchise.
with the changes proposed for existing FCs only some
200,000 voters would be involved in returning 21
members. The Administration had looked at a number of
potential new groups but had encountered great
difficulty in coming up with additional FCs which met
the criteria.
proposed
to
As an alternative the Administration
broaden the base of the new FCs by
using
enfranchising the entire working population,
nine new FCs based on the Hong Kong Standard
Industrial Classification.
8.
The Chief Secretary said when potential new
FCS had been considered e.g.
those for culture and
recreation, agriculture and fisheries, hotel and
catering etc., they presented difficulties in that
there were no
organizations which fully represented
these sectors.