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5. THE MAIN GUIDELINES WHICH HAVE BEEN APPLIED IN DETERMINING THE COMPOSITION OF FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES AND ELIGIBILITY TO VOTE IN

THEM ARE AS FOLLOWS:

(A) IN THE CASE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONSTITUENCIES THESE ARE BASED ON WELL-RECOGNIZED MAJOR ORGANISATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND INSTITUTIONS WITH A TERRITORY-WIDE COVERAGE. THE LISTS OF THE VOTING MEMBERS OF THESE ORGANISATIONS WILL BE ADOPTED AS THE ELECTORAL ROLLS FOR THESE CONSTITUENCIES. CORPORATE MEMBERS WILL NOMINATE REPRESEN-

TATIVES TO VOTE ON THEIR BEHALF:

(B) IN THE CASE OF PROFESSIONAL CONSTITUENCIES THESE ARE BASED ON MEMBERSHIP OF THOSE PROFESSIONS WITH WELL-ESTABLISHED AND RECOGNIZED QUALIFICATIONS. THERE ELECTORAL ROLLS WILL BE BASED ON EITHER THE MEMBERSHIP LISTS OF THE VARIOUS MAJOR PROFESSIONAL BODIES AND

INSTITUTIONS OR THE STATUTORY REGISTERS OF MEMBERS OF THOSE

PROFESSIONS:

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6. EMPHASIS SHOULD BE PLACED ON THE FOLLOWING FACTORS

(A) THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE WHITE PAPER, AS DEFINED IN PARA 2, WHICH RELATES TO ACTION PLANNED FOR 1985 AND CONCERNS THE COMPOSITION

OF LEGCO:

(B) PUBLIC REACTION WHICH

(1) WAS GENERALLY IN FAVOUR OF THE AIMS OF THE GREEN PAPER AND THE GRADUAL AND PROGRESSIVE NATURE OF THE PROPOSALS MADE IN IT, (11) WIDELY RECOGNIZED THE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THE PROSPERITY AND STABILITY OF HONG KONG ARE NOT PUT AT RISK BY INTRODUCING

TOO MANY CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES TOO RAPIDLY, AND

(111) SUPPORTED THE PROPOSALS AS A REALISTIC AND PRACTICAL FRAME-

WORK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT AT THE

CENTRAL LEVEL:

(C) PROVISIONS OF THE DRAFT AGREEMENT WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO

(1) PARAGRAPH 4 WHICH CONFIRMED THE RESPONSIBILITY OF UK FOR THE

ADMINISTRATION OF HONG KONG WITH THE OBJECT OF MAINTAINING AND

PRESERVING ITS ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND SOCIAL STABILITY UNTIL 30

JUNE 1997,

(11) SECTION 1 OF ANNEX I WHICH ELABORATED THE BASIC POLICIES

CONCERNING THE MAIN ELEMENTS OF THE STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT IN

HONG KONG FROM 1 JULY 1997:

(D) THE REVIEW WHICH WAS PROPOSED IN THE GREEN PAPER FOR 1999, AFTER

THE 1988 ELECTIONS, HAS, IN THE LIGHT OF PUBLIC COMMENT, BEEN

BROUGHT FORWARD TO 1987. THIS WILL ENABLE AN ASSESSMENT OF PROGRESS

TO BE MADE BEFORE THE 1988 ELECTIONS AND THE SECOND STAGE OF DEVELOP-

MENT:

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