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Chapter 3 Specific Comments on the

Major Topics of the Green Paper

Specific comments on the main issues proposed in the Green Paper are summarised and assessed in the following paragraphs, arranged ander the following headings :

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(1) The Legislative Council

(a)

indirect elections

(b)

electoral college

(c)

functional constituencies

(2)

The Executive Council

(3)

The Governor

(4) Other remarks.

To facilitate cross-referencing, chapter numbers in the Green Paper are shown in parenthesis.

(1)

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The Legislative Council (Chapter V)

(a)

Indirect election

On the Legislative Council, the Green Paper proposed that arrangements should be introduced to provide for a substantial number of Unofficial members to be elected indirectly by :-

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(i) an electoral college composed of

the Urban Council, the new

(ii)

Regional Council, and the District Boards, etc.

specific functional constituencies.

The broad aims and concept of developing a government, rooted in Hong Kong, representative of Hong Kong and accountable to Hong Kong people

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