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FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1993

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SUPPLEMENT TO COMPENDIUM ON ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS RELEASED

THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) RELEASED A SUPPLEMENT COMPENDIUM OF PROPOSALS ON ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR 1994/95.

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THE SUPPLEMENT CONTAINS AN ADDITIONAL 28 SUBMISSIONS TO THE 65 WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS IN THE COMPENDIUM PUBLISHED ON JANUARY 21 THIS YEAR, WHICH THE GOVERNMENT HAS RECEIVED SINCE THE GOVERNOR PRESENTED HIS PROPOSALS IN HIS ADDRESS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON OCTOBER LAST YEAR.

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE PURPOSE OF PUBLISHING SUPPLEMENT WAS TO PROVIDE A HANDY REFERENCE FOR MEMBERS OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC, WHEN THEY EXAMINED GOVERNMENT'S DRAFT LEGISLATION FOR THE 1994/95 ELECTIONS.

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THE SPOKESMAN SAID COPIES OF THE SUPPLEMENT WOULD BE SENT MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MUNICIPAL COUNCILS, AND THE DISTRICT BOARDS AND AUTHORS OF THE SUBMISSIONS WHICH WERE INCLUDED IN THE SUPPLEMENT.

COPIES WILL ALSO BE DEPOSITED WITH DISTRICT OFFICES AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID WHEN PUBLISHING THE COMPENDIUM, THE GOVERNMENT HAD EXPECTED TO RECEIVE FURTHER VIEWS.

THERE WERE ALSO SUBMISSIONS NOT LISTED IN THE COMPENDIUM BECAUSE IT HAD NOT BEEN POSSIBLE TO CONFIRM THE AUTHORS' PERMISSION TO HAVE THEIR SUBMISSIONS INCLUDED.

SOME OF THESE AUTHORS HAD SINCE GIVEN THEIR AUTHORISATION. THE UNEDITED TEXTS OF THESE AND OTHER SUBMISSIONS ARE INCLUDED IN THE SUPPLEMENT.

AS IN THE CASE OF THE COMPENDIUM, PUBLIC DISCUSSIONS WHICH ARE A MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD AND ARE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION ARE NOT INCLUDED.

THERE ARE ALSO SUBMISSIONS FOR WHICH IT HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE TO CONFIRM THE AUTHORS' PERMISSION FOR THEIR SUBMISSIONS TO BE

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ALSO EXCLUDED ARE THOSE COMMENTS AND VIEWS WHICH HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED IN NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS, UNLESS THEY HAVE BEEN SEPARATELY SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNMENT.

IT IS EXPECTED THAT THERE WILL BE FURTHER VIEWS AFTER THE PUBLICATION OF THE SUPPLEMENT. WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE AUTHORS, THESE SUBMISSIONS WILL BE PRESENTED TO MEMBERS OF THR LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WHEN THEY ARE RECEIVED.

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