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legislative and financial
programmes.
I remain convinced
that some form of mechanism is needed for the purpose I have
identified, and I am ready to consider any recommendations
that Members may have.
158.
Those then were the first set of proposals that I
put forward last year. Generally there has been good
progress on them and I believe that both the executive and
the legislature have benefited.
159.
My second set of proposals last year concerned the
arrangements for the 1994 elections to the District Boards
and the 1995 elections to the Municipal Councils and the
Legislative Council. The purpose was to ensure that those
elections were open, 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,
160.
There were six proposals:
first, the
reduction
of the voting age
from 21 to 18, as in China, Britain and
elsewhere;
second, a single vote, single seat voting
system for geographical constituencies;
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