(b)
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authorities have made it clear that after 1997,
Hong Kong will become a Special Administrative
Region with a high degree of autonomy and will be
governed by the people of Hong Kong, Government should put forward positive objectives in
developing democracy. There should be several
Legislative Council members directly elected by universal suffrage in the 1988 election because,
on the one hand, authority should derive from the
people, on the other hand, experience can only be
gained through practice. This measure can also
enhance civic education and the public's
political awareness.
They agree to the proposal on the election of
Legislative Council members by functional constituencies but wish to know how these groups
will be defined and whether voters will be
registered on individual basis or on the basis of membership of particular groups.
(c) They are of the opinion that the electoral
college should not nominate or elect any person outside the electoral college to serve in the
Legislative Council and would like to know whether the appointed members have the right to
be elected or to vote and what will become of
their role in the district boards.
(3)
Education Action Group:
(a) They also hold that the proposals in the Green
Paper fail to fulfil the first of its
objectives. They are of the opinion that members selected through direct elections should take up one third of the seats of the Legislative Council
to avoid a 'late start'. They believe that the
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