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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1994

MRS ELSIE TU: MR CHAIRMAN, IS IT POSSIBLE TO CLARIFY SOMETHING.

THE PRESIDENT: YES MRS TU

PRESENT

MRS ELSIE TU: I THINK THE PRESENT SYSTEM IS QUITE RIGHT, THE SYSTEM DOES GIVE TWO VOTES TO SOME PEOPLE AND I DISAGREE WITH THAT THINK PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE A CHOICE, BUT TO MAKE IT WORSE DOESN'T ANY MORE DEMOCRATIC, ISN'T IS LESS DEMOCRATIC TO GIVE MORE PEOPLE VOTES.

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THE GOVERNOR: I THINK THAT IT'S AN ARGUMENT THAT FEW WOULD ACCEPT THAT EXTENDING THE ABILITY TO VOTE IS LESS DEMOCRATIC THAN LIMITING ABILITY TO VOTE. I REALLY CAN'T FOLLOW THE ARGUMENT THAT BY THAT MORE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO VOTE IN FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES ONE

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TO GOING DOWN A LESS DEMOCRATIC PATH,

IS CONSIDERABLE CONTRADICTION IN TERMS. BUT, IF THE HONOURABLE LADY

CONSTITUENCIES, WHICH ARGUING THE CASE IN PRINCIPLE AGAINST FUNCTIONAL

TO SHE MAY WELL BE, ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO TRYING INTRODUCE ARRANGEMENTS WHICH ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE BASIC LAW, AND THE BASIC LAW PROPOSES 30 FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES.

THE QUESTION

EXAMPLE IN PROFESSIONAL SECONDLY

FOR

AND

THE LAST PROBLEMS DISAGREE TO DEAL IN

CONSTITUENCIES IS WHETHER THOSE FUNCTIONAL

ECONOMIC REPRESENT LINE WITH THE 1988 WHITE PAPER

SECTORS OF SUBSTANTIAL

AND IMPORTANCE

THE QUESTION 68 AND PURSUE IS WHETHER FOLLOWING I THINK IS BASIC LAW MATTERS IN AN ORDERLY WAY WHETHER WE TRY TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THE REAL PROBLEMS WHICH HAVE ARISEN IN FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES IN FEW YEARS, HONOURABLE MEMBERS ARE WELL AWARE OF SOME OF THE THAT HAVE ARISEN IN THOSE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES THEY MAY WITH THE PROPOSALS THAT WE HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD FOR TRYING WITH

THIS THEM IN WHICH

DEBATE IT CASE THEY WILL BE ABLE TO

NEW TO DEVISE NINE LEGISLATIVE

IT IS VERY VERY DIFFICULT

AND FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES

OF THE I THINK THAT SOME

INHERENT DIFFICULTIES WILL BE DEMONSTRATED TO ALL THOSE HONOURABLE MEMBERS READY THE WHITE PAPER AND THE ACCOUNT OF OUR NEGOTIATIONS CHINESE COLLEAGUES ON THIS POINT.

COUNCIL.

WHO WITH OUR

THE GOVERNOR,

FIRST REV FUNG (THROUGH INTERPRETATION): MR PRESIDENT, YESTERDAY THE

SMOOTHLY AND PART OF THE BILL WAS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BEFORE IT DIDN'T SEEM TO HAVE ANY LOBBYING EFFORT BY PROBABLY HE EXPECTED THE CHANCES OF ITS GOING THROUGH ARE VERY HIGH. THE NEXT PART WILL NOT BE SO PLAINSAILING. WILL THE GOVERNOR LOBBY THE COUNCILLORS TO ACCEPT YOUR PROPOSAL TO MAKE SURE THAT THROUGH SMOOTHLY, WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

IT WILL

GO

/THE GOVERNOR: