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proposals, drafting of legislation to provide for them has
substantially completed; Memorandum XCX (93) ( ) sets out
been
the key provisions of the draft bill for Members' discussion.
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Two of the six proposals, i.e. on the voting age and
relatively uncontroversial,
method are
and few
the voting
if any objections to them have been raised in public
discussion so far. As regards the proposals to abolish DB and
MC appointed membership, Members have already agreed that they
should be put to Legco in parallel with proposed measures to
introduce "advisers" into the DBS and MCs.
XCX(93) ( ) deals with this subject.
Memorandum
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The remaining two
constituencies
and
on
proposals, i.e. on the functional
the Election Committee, are
controversial :
On functional constituencies, although there are
some criticisms
on the details of our proposals
to
broaden the franchise of the
few have
opposed them
outright.
our 9 new
existing 21 FCs,
As regards
proposed FCs, most critics advocate their
replacement by new FCs more on the traditional line.
Some have made suggestions as to the sort of new FCs
that
should be created (e.g. new FCs for the textile
culture/entertainment sector, for
industry,
for the