WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1993
COMPARED WITH AN RPS AND A CPF, MR LAM SAID AN OPS BETTER WAY FORWARD BECAUSE:
OFFERED A
IT WOULD PROTECT THE BULK OF THE POPULATION INCLUDING INCOME EARNERS, RETIREES, HOUSEWIVES, AND THOSE OUTSIDE WORKFORCE;
LOW- THE
*
PROVIDE IMMEDIATE BENEFITS ONCE IT IS IMPLEMENTED, HAVING TO WAIT 30 TO 40 YEARS;
WITHOUT
GUARANTEE A MINIMUM FINANCIAL PROVISION PEGGED TO INFLATION OR TO THE AVERAGE WAGE; AND
WHICH COULD BE
EMPLOYEES
THE RATES OF CONTRIBUTION FOR BOTH EMPLOYERS AND ARE LIKELY TO BE LOWER THAN THE CONTRIBUTIONS REQUIRED FOR A RPS OR CPF.
"DESPITE THE OBVIOUS ADVANTAGES OF AN OPS, THERE ARE
OF OTHERS, MR LAM PROBLEMS, AND WE MUST LEARN FROM EXPERIENCES CAUTIONED.
POTENTIAL
ELECTION BILL INTRODUCED
* *
THE
A BILL TO INITIATE THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS TO PUT IN PLACE MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD AND URGENT ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE THREE THE LEGISLATIVE TIERS OF REPRESENTATIVE BODIES WAS INTRODUCED INTO COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MOVING
THE
SECOND READING OF
ELECTORAL
PROVISIONS
BILL
FOR
(NO.2) AMENDMENTS)
THE SECRETARY 1993, (MISCELLANEOUS CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SZE, SAID THE PROPOSALS IN THE BILL AND FAIR ELECTORAL WERE PART OF THE EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH AN OPEN SYSTEM WHICH WAS ACCEPTABLE TO THE HONG KONG PEOPLE.
THE
PLACE THE 1995
MR SZE URGED LEGCO MEMBERS TO GIVE THEIR EARLY SUPPORT TO BILL SO THAT THESE URGENT ELECTION ARRANGEMENTS MIGHT BE PUT IN ON TIME FOR THE 1994 ELECTIONS TO THE DISTRICT BOARDS, AND ELECTIONS TO THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS AND THE LEGCO.
THE BILL. PROVIDES:
VOTE" METHOD OF
* FOR THE USE OF THE "SINGLE SEAT, SINGLE VOTING FOR ALL THREE TIERS OF GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTITUENCY ELECTIONS;
* FOR THE LOWERING OF THE VOTING AGE FOR ALL ELECTIONS FROM TO 18 YEARS STARTING FROM THE 1994 DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS;
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THE DISTRICT
* FOR THE ABOLITION OF APPOINTED SEATS IN BOTH BOARDS AND MUNICIPAL COUNCILS AS FROM THE NEXT ROUND OF ELECTIONS;
OF
OF
THE MUNICIPAL * FOR THE NUMBER OF DIRECTLY ELECTED SEATS IN COUNCILS TO BE INCREASED FROM 1995, CONSEQUENTIAL TO THE ABOLITION THE APPOINTED SEATS AND TO FURTHER ENHANCE THE REPRESENTATIVENESS THESE BODIES; AND
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