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(a) the size and
(b)
composition of the Election
Committee, the delineation of each category membership and the selection of individual members from each category; and
of
procedures for the nomination and election of
candidates to the legislature.
The
British
Government's
Government would welcome the Chinese
detailed views on these points. For our part,
believe that the following principles could best form framework for creating a election committee system for
the legislature :
we
the
(a)
since the objective of the Election Committee is to return a proportion of the members of
the legislature, it should not itself be an
institution of government. It should cease
to function once
its main task of returning
the members Of the legislature has been
A fresh electoral roll would
accomplished.
be compiled for each new election;
(b) the composition of the Election Committee should be designed, as far as possible, to avoid direct duplication with the membership of other constituencies returning members of
the legislature;
(c) the
Election Committee should be
representative as possible;
as
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