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SPECIFIC ELECTORAL FUNCTIONS AND BE DISSOLVED ONCE ELECTION OF THE
LEGISLATURE HAS BEEN COMPLETED:
B) THE COMPOSITION OF THE GEC AND THE METHODS OF SELECTION OF ITS
MEMBERS SHOULD BE CLEARLY ESTABLISHED (FOLLOWING THE PATTERN OF PARAS 2 AND 3 OF ANNEX I OF THE PRESENT DRAFT BASIC LAW) AND WOULD THEN BE PRESCRIBED IN THE ELECTORAL LAW OF THE HKSAR (SUITABLE ARRANGEMENTS WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE FOR PARALLEL PROCEDURES IN
1995):
C) DIRECT DUPLICATION WITH THE MEMBERSHIP OF OTHER CONSTITUENCIES
ELECTING MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE SHOULD BE AVOIDED AS FAR AS POSSIBLE (IE IN SO FAR AS THIS IS COMPATIBLE WITH (B) ABOVE:
D) PROCEDURES FOR THE NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES BY THE GEC WHICH WOULD BE SIMPLE, OPEN AND WOULD BE PRESCRIBED IN THE ELECTORAL LAW: AND
E) ELECTION OF CANDIDATES SHOULD BE BY SECRET BALLOT.
4. WE HAVE LITTLE INDICATION OF WHAT THE CHINESE HAVE IN MIND, EXCEPT THAT THEY HAVE TAKEN THE VIEW THAT THE ELECTION COMMITTEE FOR THE CE SHOULD NOT BE USED AS THE GEC FOR THE LEGISLATURE FOR 1995. HOWEVER, THEY ARE LIKELY TO LOOK TO THE COMPOSITION OF THE FORMER IN THE SECOND DRAFT BASIC LAW FOR IDEAS. ANY PROPOSAL WHICH BEARS A RESEMBLANCE TO IT MAY BE MORE LIKELY TO FIND FAVOUR WITH THE CHINESE. ON THIS BASIS, THE FOLLOWING MIGHT FORM THE FRAMEWORK FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH THE CHINESE:
INDUSTRIAL/COMMERCIAL/FINANCIAL, PROFESSIONAL LABOUR, SOCIAL SERVICES, RELIGIOUS SECTORS (SEE NOT 1 BELOW)
25 PERCENT
SENIOR HONG KONG POLITICAL FIGURES, INCLUDING FORMER MEMBERS AT EXCO/LEGCO (THE CHINESE WOULD PROBABLY INCLUDE IN THIS CATEGORY MEMBERS OF THE CPPCC BUT NO NEED FOR US TO DO SO)
25 PERCENT
DISTRICT BOARDS AND MUNICIPAL COUNCILS
25 PERCENT
STATUTORY BODIES AND PERMANENT NON-STATUTORY BODIES IN THE CIVIL LIST (NON-OFFICIAL MEMBERS ONLY)
25 PERCENT
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