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(The

Branch, Mr

Director,

Councils and

Administration

J.C.A. HAMMOND, and the Solicitor

General Mr J.K. FINDLAY, attended before the Council

for the discussion of this item.)

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THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ELECTORAL PROVISIONS) BILL 1985

ABSOLUTE MAJORITY VOTING SYSTEMS

(CR 17/511/84 II)

The Council considered memorandum XCC (85)14.

The Council ADVISED and the Governor ORDERED:

(a) that in the electoral college

elections

to the Legislative

Council in 1985 a repeated

ballot

system,

(with

the

elimination, at each ballot, of

the least successful candidate),

as described in paragraph 4 of

the

memorandum

employed;

should

be

(b) that

in

the

functional

constituency

elections

an

absolute majority alternative

vote system as described in

paragraphs 7 and 8 and the Annex

to the

employed.

memorandum

should be

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