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Goverment Nomination of Kembers.

Official Membership.

Singapore Legislative

Council.

Order in Council provides

for two members nominated by Governor, but it is proposed to suggest increase of these to four to avoid too marked a Chine se domination of the Council.

Order in Council provides

for Governor as President, four ex officio and not more than seven nominated official members, but Governor proposes

Hong Kong Municipality.

No nominations by Governor

unless he decides to adopt this method in order to secure representa- tion of the non-British European and the American communities.

None.

substantially to reduce the nominated this (probably to a total musters to 5° of five or six) so as to

give unofficial majority

under Council.