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BASIC LAW: MEETING OF THE BLDC SPECIAL GROUP ON THE POLITICAL SYSTEM: FINAL PROPOSALS: PRESS REPORTS
THE BLDC SPECIAL GROUP ON THE POLITICAL SYSTEM HAS FINALISED ITS PROPOSALS ON LEGCO COMPOSITION, THE NATIONALITY REQUIREMENT FOR LEGCO MEMBERS AND SEPARATE VOTE COUNTING. MAIN POINTS OF ITS DELIBERATIONS, AS REPORTED IN THE PRESS ARE AS FOLLOWS.
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''MAINSTREAM' POLITICAL MODEL ADOPTED (18 DIRECTLY ELECTED, 30 FUNCTIONAL AND 12 GEC SEATS). FOREIGN NATIONALS SHOULD NOT TAKE UP MORE THAN 15 PER CENT OF LEGCO MEMBERSHIP. ALL BILLS ARE SUBJECT TO SEPARATE VOTE COUNTING. INDICATIONS ARE THAT GEC COULD BE ESTABLISHED BEFORE 1997. MOST HONG KONG DRAFTERS WERE DISSATISFIED WITH THE OUTCOME. LOCAL REACTION HAS BEEN CRITICAL.
DETAIL
LEGCO COMPOSITION
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16 DRAFTERS WERE PRESENT AT THE MEETING. THE SPECIAL GROUP APPROVED WITH A SLIGHT MAJORITY A ''MAINSTREAM' MODEL WITH THE FOLLOWING COMPOSITIONS FOR THE FIRST THREE LEGCO TERMS (1997-2007). (PERCENTAGE OF EACH CATEGORY OF SEATS IS GIVEN IN BRACKETS). THIS MAINSTREAM MODEL WAS PROPOSED BY MAINLANDER XU CHONGDE AND SUPPORTED BY NINE OTHER MAINLAND DRAFTERS. NONE OF THE SIX HONG KONG DRAFTERS VOTED FOR THIS MODEL.
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