SUNDAY, MAY 19, 1991
AUSTRALIA + HE NOTED THAT SOME COUNTRIES, SUCH AS THE U.S. AND
RESIDENT OVERSEAS. DID PROVIDE FOR VOTING BY THEIR NATIONALS WHILE
SUCH AN ARRANGEMENT AND MANY OTHER COUNTRIES DID NOT PROVIDE FOR
HAD ONLY
A INTRODUCED THESE INCLUDED JAPAN AND CANADA. THE U.K. CATEGORY OF OVERSEAS ELECTORS SINCE 1985.
FOR AN ELECTORAL "IN OUR CASE, OUR ELECTORAL LAWS PROVIDED
RATHER THAN 'NATIONALITY' SYSTEM WHICH IS BASED ON A 'RESIDENCE' CRITERIA. THEREFORE TO ADOPT A SYSTEM SIMILAR TO THAT USED IN THE U.S. AND THE U.K. WOULD INVOLVED A MAJOR AND FUNDAMENTAL DEVIATION FROM THE
ON FOCUSES EXISTING SYSTEM WHICH, RESIDENTS, HE SAID.
T
"THERE
OF OUT
NECESSITY,
PRESENT
RY IS NO QUESTION OF INFRINGING BASIC POLITICAL RIGHTS
WHO HAVE SINCE BEEN ADOPTING THIS APPROACH. OVERSEAS RESIDENTS
TO HONG REGISTERED HERE AND WHO STILL RETAIN ELIGIBILITY RETURNING KONG ARE WELCOME TO VOTE."
BE
ELECTION OR BOUNDARIES ON A SUGGESTION THAT AN INDEPENDENT
OF HOW INTO THE ISSUES ΤΟ UP SET
LOOK SHOULD COMMISSION CONSTITUENCY BOUNDARIES WERE DRAWN, MR SUEN SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD NO PHILOSOPHICAL PROBLEM WITH THE GENERAL CONCEPT RAISED IN THIS BUT THE GOVERNMENT DID NEED TIME TO THINK THROUGH THE IDEA FRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS.
REGARD. AND ITS
MUST
HE ADDED THAT THE REVIEW OF HONG KONG'S ELECTORAL SYSTEM
ASPECTS OF THE ELECTORAL ALSO HAVE REGARD TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS.
"AMONG OTHER THINGS, WE MUST ENSURE THAT
WITH SET
THE INSTITUTIONAL, LEGISLATIVE, AND PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE COMPATIBLE NOT ONLY THE PRESENT CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK BUT ALSO WITH THE FRAMEWORK OUT IN THE BASIC LAW.
"ONLY BY DOING THIS CAN WE BE SURE THAT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTED IN 1995 WILL HAVE A SMOOTH PASSAGE ACROSS THE 1997 DIVIDE," HE SAID.
NEW UNITED NATIONS ANTI-DRUG CHIEF STOPS OVER IN HONG KONG
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UNITED NATIONS GIACOMELLI,
THE NEWLY APPOINTED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMME (UNDCP), MR GIORGIO STOPPED IN HONG KONG BRIEFLY THIS (SUNDAY) EVENING.
A
CONCLUDED LEVEL TALKS AIMED AT MASTERFLAN FOR IN THE GOLDEN
MR GIACOMELLI, WITH A PARTY OF COLLEAGUES, HAD JUST ONE WEEK VISIT TO CHINA, WHERE HE WAS ENGAGED IN TOP WITH THE GOVERNMENTS OF CHINA AND MYANMAR. THE TALKS WERE CONSOLIDATING AND TAKING FORWARD THE UN SUB-REGIONAL THE ERAPICATION OF OPTUM PRODUCTION AND TRAFFICKING TRIANGLE AREA.
/MR GIACOMELLI