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MY FOURTH IPT: STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT: LONGER-TERM ISSUES
FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF NOTE 3.
BEGINS
THE LEGISLATURE
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COMPOSITION
SECTION 1 OF ANNEX TO THE JOINT DECLARATION PROVIDES THAT THE LEGISLATURE OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATION
REGION SHALL BE CONSITUTED BY ELECTIONS'',
2.
PAPER OF MAY 1986 SUGGESTED THAT THE METHODS OF ELECTION, AT LEAST IN GENERAL TERMS, WOULD NEED TO BE SPECIFIED IN THE BASIC
LAW.
NOTE 2 OF OCTOBER 1986 DISCUSSED POSSIBLE WAYS OF VALIDATING THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE PRESENT GROUPS OF OFFICIAL AND APPOINTED MEMBERS IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE CONTINUES TO ENJOY SUFFICIENT SUPPORT FOR HIS POLICIES IN THE LEGISLATURE AND THAT GOVERNMENT BUSINESS IS CARRIED OUT
EFFICIENTLY.
3.
HAVING REGARD TO RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN HONG KONG, AND TO THE IDEAS WHICH ARE EMERGING IN THE PROCESS OF CONSULTATION ON THE DRAFTING OF THE BASIC LAW, IT WOULD SEEM THAT THE LEGISLATURE OF THE FUTURE SAR MIGHT COMPRISE THREE MAIN GROUPS OF ELECTED
MEMBERS :
(1)
MEMBERS ELECTED BY FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES SEMICOLON
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MEMBERS ELECTED BY A SYSTEM OF DIRECT ELECTIONS BASED ON
GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTITUENCIES SEMICOLON
(MI) MEMBERS ELECTED BY A BROADLY BASED 'GRAND ELECTORAL
COLLEGE'' (GEC)
4.
SUCH A COMPOSITION SHOULD ENSURE THAT ALL SECTORS OF THE POPULATION ARE REPRESENTED IN THE LEGISLATURE AND ABLE TO MAKE
THEIR VIEWS HEARD, IN THAT:
(A)
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES WOULD SPEAK FOR THE MAJOR TERRITORY-WIDE ORGANIZATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL
BODIES IN SECTORS CRUCIAL TO THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL WELL BEING
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