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remain convinced that
some form of mechanism is needed for
the purpose I have identified, and I am ready to consider any suggestions that Members may have.
159.
Those then were the first set of proposals that I
Generally there has been good
put forward last year.
progress on them and I believe that both the executive and the legislature have benefited.
160.
My second set of proposals last year concerned the
arrangements for the 1994 elections to District Boards and
Municipal councils,
purpose
of
those
elections were opan,
and the 1995 elections to Legco. The
proposals was to ensure that those
fair and acceptable to our community;
and at the same time within the framework of the Basic Law,
so that continuity through 1997 could be achieved.
161.
There were six proposals:
first, the reduction
of the voting age
from 21 to 18, as in china,
Britain and
elsewhere;
second,
single vote, single seat voting
system for geographical constituencies;
third, replacement of
corporate voting
voting by
individual voting
in
all
the
present
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