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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG
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HONG KONG TELNOS 3013-4: STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT: LONGER TERM
ISSUES: GRAND ELECTORAL COLLEGE 8GEC)
1. WE HAVE NO GENERAL COMMENTS ON SECOND TUR. OUR DETAILED
COMMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
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A) PARAGRAPH ONE: ''THOMPSON'' SHOULD READ THOMSON**
B) PARAGRAPH 5: WE SUGGEST AMPLIFYING THE REFERENCE TO ORIGINS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE DRAFTING OF THE BASIC LAW, IN ORDER EMPHASISE, FOR PRESENTATIONAL REASONS, THAT THE IDEA IS A CHINESE (BLDC) ONE
WHICH WE HAVE DEVELOPED RATHER THAN AN IDEA OF OUR OWN.
C) PARAGRAPH 7: THE HEADING DOES NOT SEEM TO REFLECT THE CONTENTS OF
THIS SECTION. WE SUGGEST A NEW HEADING SUCH AS ''REQUIREMENTS''
D) PARAGRAPH 8: WE ASSUME THE POINT HERE IS TO AVOID TOO MUCH DIRECT OVERLAP BETWEEN CONSTITUENCIES USED FOR THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GEC.
THIS MIGHT BE BROUGHT OUT MORE CLEARLY BY THE ADDITION OF FOR
ELECTIONS TO THE HKSAR LEGISLATURE** BEFORE **IN THEIR OWN RIGHT''
IN THE LAST SENTENCE.
E) PARAGRAPH 11: SECOND SENTENCE: REPLACE ''SUCH!' BY ''THESE
TWO'', UNLESS THERE ARE OTHER GROUPS TO WHICH WE WISH TO REFER, IN
WHICH CASE THEY SHOULD BE SPECIFIED.
F) PARAGRAPH 11: SECOND SENTENCE: FOR CLAIRITY INSERT ''(WHICH WOULD
HAVE TO BE PRECEEDED BY THE CONVENING OF THE GEC)'' AFTER
''ELECTIONS FOR THE NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE.
G) PARAGRAPH 12: AGAIN FOR CLARITY AMEND TO READ: 'IT WOULD, NEVERTHELESS, BE BENEFICIAL IF A SIGNIFICANT PROPORTION OF MEMBERS
OF THE INCOMING LEGISLATURE COULD BE MADE EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS OF THE GEC.....
H) PARAGRAPH 16: REFERENCE TO SUPPORT FROM 50 MEMBERS OF THE GEC BEGS THE QUESTION OF THE OVERALL SIZE OF THE GEC ENVISAGED. IF WE
ARE NOT YET READY TO ESTIMATE THIS, IT MIGHT BE BETTER TO EXPRESS
THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT NEEDED AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL.
!) APPENDIX 1: THE CHINESE ARE LIKELY TO WONDER WHO WOULD BE
INCLUDED IN THE GROUP ''POLII COMMENTATORS''.
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