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WR HU SAID ONCE THE NUMBER OF SEATS TO BE CREATED BY MAY ETHOD WAS AGREED UPON, IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO REDUCE THE NU DE IN SOME CATEGORIES AND THUS MAKE FUTURE ADJUSTMENT MORE DIFFICUL
THEREFORE, HE WAS IN FAVOUR OF A CAUTIOUS APPROACH AND FULL Y SUPPORTED THE GREEN PAPER PROPOSAL OF SIX MEMBERS EACH FROM THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE AND THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES.
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SINCE THERE HAD BEEN NO STRONG EVIDENCE OF PUBLIC OPINION TO INCREASE THE NUMBER FROM SIX TO 12, MR HU VIEWED THAT BY ALLOWING THE NUMBER TO DOUBLE IN THE WHITE PAPER IT WOULD MAKE THE REVIEW IN 1987 MORE DIFFICULT AS THE GOVERNMENT WOULD HAVE LESS ROOM TO MANOEUVRE.
MR HU ALSO SAID HE SUPPORTED THE IDEA OF A REASONABLY BALANCED GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTED MEMBERS. ALTHOUGH THIS WAS THE ARRANGEMENT FOR INDIRECT ELECTION BY THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE IN 1985, HE FELT THAT THE SAME PRINCIPLE SHOULD APPLY FOR DIRECT ELECTION IN FUTURE.
+THE RATIO OF MEMBERS ELECTED THROUGH INDIRECT ELECTION A DIRECT ELECTION ON THE BASIS OF GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTITUENCIES SHOULD BE DECIDED IN THE FUTURE REVIEW, HE SAID.
MR HU UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE WERE BOUND TO BE NUMEROUS PROFESSIONS AND TRADES WHICH CONSIDERED THEMSELVES QUALIFIED TO BE ONE OF THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES AND IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO SATISFY EVERY GROUP.
HE SAID HE APPRECIATED THAT THE PROCEDURE FOR INDIRECT ELECTION MUST BE STANDARD ISED THROUGH LEGISLATION AND SUGGESTED THAT IT WOUL BE NECESSARY TO GIVE THE BROADEST POSSIBLE BASE OF VOTERS FOR ALL FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES IN ORDER TO GIVE THE ELECTED MEMBER SUFFICIENT BACK ING IN HIS REPRESENTATION.
+THEREFORE, ALL THOSE RELATED TO ANY PARTICULAR FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY AND MEETING THE BASIC REQUIREMENT AS A REGISTERED VOTER MUST BE ON THE ELECTORAL ROLLS FOR THESE CONSTITUENCIES.
+HOWEVER, THE NOMINEES SHOULD BE LIMITED TO VOTERS WITH ACCEPTABLE EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATION OF ANY PARTICULAR CONSTITUENCY, HE SAID.
MR HU SAID IF THERE WERE TOO MANY NOMINEES IN ANY CONSTITUENCY, AN ELECTION OR ELECTIONS SHOULD BE CONDUCTED TO ELIMINATE THE NUMBER OF NOMINEES UNTIL ONE NOMINEE OBTAINS OVER 50 PER CENT OF THE VOTES CAST.
FOR THE ELECTIONS BY THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE AND FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES, THERE SHOULD BE NO DUPLICATION OF VOTERS AND NOMINEES. ONE CAN ONLY VOTE ONCE OR STAND AS NOMINEE ONCE IN EITHER CONSTITUENCY, HE SAID.
LASTLY, MR HU SAID. IT WAS LOGICAL TO REVIEW THE DEVELOPMENT
IN 1987, ONE YEAR BEFORE THE 1988 ELECTION.
HE FELT THAT THE SYSTEM SHOULD ALSO BE REVIEWED IN 1993 AND 1993 BEFORE THE 1991 AND 1994 ELECTIONS WITH A VIEW TO ACHIEVING A FULLY REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN 1004.