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(C) BRIEF REFERENCE TO CONCEPT OF NEW ELECTORAL COLLEGE AND FACT THAT IT HAS ATTRACTED VERY LITTLE PUBLIC COMMENT.
CHAPTER VI
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PRESIDENCY OF THE LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL
(A) BRIEF ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC RESPONSE TO ISSUES RAISED
(B) CONCLUDE THAT GOVERNOR SHOULD REMAIN PRESIDENT OF LEGCO FOR THE TIME BEING. NOTE THAT HE ALREADY HAS POWER TO APPOINT A MEMBER OF
LEGCO TO PRESIDE IN HIS ABSENCE.
CHAPTER VII
PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF ELECTIONS
(A) BRIEF ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC RESPONSE TO ISSUES RAISED.
(B) SEQUENCE AND TIMING OF ELECTIONS CONCLUDE THAT SEQUENCE OF ELECTIONS SHOULD BE ALTERED SO THAT DISTRICT BOARD, MUNICIPAL COUNCILS AND LEGCO ELECTIONS TAKE PLACE IN THAT ORDER.
(C) TERMS OF OFFICE OF ELECTED MEMBERS CONCLUDE THAT TERMS OF OFFICE SHOULD REMAIN UNCHANGED.
(D) AGE OF ENTITLEMENT TO VOTE : CONCLUDE THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO CHANGE (I.E. REMAIN AT 21).
(E) AGE OF ELIGIBILITY FOR CANDIDATURE : CONCLUDE THAT THERE SHOULD
BE NO CHANGE.
(F) VOTING SYSTEMS USED IN ELECTIONS CONCLUDE THAT PREFERENTIAL ELIMINATION SYSTEM SHOULD BE INTRODUCED FOR ELECTION TO LEGCO.
(G) OTHER ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS : REFER TO TIGHTER CONTROL ON CANDIDATES AND NEW ARRANGEMENTS FOR REVIEW OF LIMIT ON ELECTION EXPENSES.
CHAPTER VIII
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THE WAY FORWARD
(A) STATE THAT WHITE PAPER CHARTS COURSE OF DEVELOPMENT UP TO 1991 REFER TO CONTINUING EVOLUTION WITH AIM OF DEVELOPING STRUCTURE AND FORM OF GOVERNMENT MOST SUITED TO HK CIRCUMSTANCES AND NEEDS, AND CONDUCIVE TO SMOOTH TRANSFER OF GOVERNMENT IN 1997. IN LONGER TERM BASIC LAW WILL ESTABLISH POST-1997 SYSTEM AND STRUCTURES.
THESE WILL HAVE BEARING ON FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS IN SUCH AREAS AS
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