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Methods of Determining which of the
Legislators should be Removed
1.
This
note considers what might be the least objectional way, from our point of view, to determine which of the 1995 legislators should be removed from the 1997 legislature if, when they are vetted by the Preparatory Committee (PC), the legislature exceeds the 20% nationality provision in BL67. The following discussion is based on
the parameters that:
(a) BL67 is only implemented by the PC in respect of the 1997 legislature, and has no effect on the 1995 legislature.
(b) Any arrangements for determining which of the
in 1997
remove
legislators to responsibility of the PC.
are
the
OPTION ONE
Annex
2.
statement
This option envisages a Chinese pre-designating, preferably in advance of the 1995 LegCo elections, 12 seats (i.e. 20% of total Legco membership) which may be filled by non-Chinese nationals or those with foreign right of abode (for convenience they will be referred Lo as "foreigners" throughout this note). If the 203 limit is exceeded, only those foreigners occupying 12 pre-designated seats could stay on in 1997 of course they meet the other through train
these
(assuming
criteria).
по
3.
in
A major problem with this option is the difficulty devising objective criteria in designating the 12 seats.
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