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n'ectionality?
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do not think it is desirable to become involved in
the complexities which would be entailed in the preparation
of separate registers for these small sections of the
community and therefore propose that the electoral law
should be so framed as to provide that if no Portuguese
candidate or no Indian candidate received a sufficient
number of votes to bring him within the ten candidates
heading the poll, then the Portuguese or Indian candidate,
as the case might be, who secured the majority of votes
cast for Portuguese or Indian candidates respectively should
be declared to be elected irrespective of the number of
votes secured by him and should thus displace in the list
of the ten candidates who would have been elected by reason
of securing the highest number of votes the candidate or
candidates securing the lowest numbers.
(e) Representation of Europeans of British race, of Europeans
not of British race, and of United States citizens of
European race need not be specifically secured by any
arrangement similar to that noted in the preceding sub-
paragraph. It will be open to the whole non-Chinese
electorate to choose any such candidates who may stand for
election and it will also be possible for such persons to
enter the Council by securing nomination.
The foregoing paragraphs give an outline of the method whereby
it is proposed that twenty persons shall be elected to membership of the Municipal Council. The next question for consideration is the method by
which the remaining ten members shall be nominated.
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When I published my original proposals, which contemplated a Council consisting of forty-eight members, of whom sixteen would be nominated by Chinese and non-Chinese bodies in equal proportions, I asked
As a result a for advice and suggestions as to the nominating bodies. number of bodies have been suggested, of which I consider that the
following are the most suitable.
These bodies, assuming that they are
finally selected, should be empowered to nominate the specified number of
members belonging to the race group set after their names;