TNAG-1734-FCO40-2447-Minutes-and-Hansards-of-the-Legislative-Council-of-Hong-Kong-1988 — Page 67

Question 8 Page 3

CHIEF SECRETARY: Sir, I do not think it is a matter

for

the

Administration

to

comment

on

how

Members

of

this

Council

were supported or not supported by other Members of

this Council or

the Executive Council. That is a

matter purely for their own concern and not a matter

for the Administration.

MR. CHUNG (in Cantonese): Sir, in 1983, the Governor

appointed the Member who had the highest number of votes

in the Regional Council to this Council, and at the same

time Elected Members were also appointed to the Executive

liberalisation. This is definitely a step towards/liberation,

When the Governor appoints such people who are really

Council.

representative to the Executive Council, does that

the

actually separate them from other Members of the original Councils

CHIEF

SECRETARY : Sir, with respect, I think the

question is totally unrelated to the original question.

MR. MARTIN LEE: Sir, does the Administration see that

there is a distinction between Members seeking election

to this Council via the functional constituency route

in which case most of them are elected by a one-person

one-vote basis, and Members seeking election via the

electoral college route where they are seeking election

from 30 or 40

appointed?

Members, one third of which are