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interest, not out of sympathy for those who failed to register on the general electoral roll. The public interest clearly requires that we must do what we reasonably can to avoid putting at risk the whole concept of functional constituencies, which concept the Government regards as an important element in the process of producing a blend of membership which 1s appropriate to Hong Kong's circumstances. I do hope that those concerned will take full advantage of the opportunity now open to them.
There are two further provisions in Part III to which
I would also invite the attention of Members. Clause 14 provides that person shall be eligible to register as an elector in more than
than one electoral college constituency. Nor may he register, in his own right, in more than one functional constituency of his choice. Clause 15 provides that those who have been so registered shall be disqualified from voting in the event of their ceasing to be
ceasing to be a member of the constituency in question. In practice, this means that a person who
who is
qualified will be able to vote once in an
an electoral college constituency, that is to say, in his capacity as a member of a District Board, the Urban Council or the Provisional Regional Council and once in a functional constituency in his own right As an individual. In addition, that person will be able to
cast a vote on behalf of a corporate elector in a functional
constituency if he is appointed 48 the authorised representative of that corporate elector. However, he would
cast that vote 10 accordance with the instructions of the corporate elector and not on his own behalf.
Part IV contains the conventional provisions for the registration of electors for both the electoral college constituencies and the functional constituencies. It provides for the appointment of a registration officer by notice in the Gazette; for the final register of electors to be published
/and to