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NOTE 1: A USEFUL REFERENCE ON HOW THESE SEATS MIGHT BE ALLOCATED IS THE PROPOSAL BY THE BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL GROUP ON THE MAKE-UP OF THE GEC AS ENVISAGED IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR 4 4 2 MODEL (ALTHOUGH WE DOUBT THE VALIDITY OF INCLUDING THE LEGISLATURE - ELECTING ITSELF - OR THE CIVIL SERVICE - POLITICISATION)
LEGISLATURE
PROFESSIONALS
80
80
LABOUR
80
INDUSTRIES
80
URBCO, REGCO AND
50
DISTRICT BOARDS
COMMERCE
50
FINANCE
50
30
30
10
60
EDUCATION
CIVIL SERVICE
RELIGION
SOCIAL, CHARITABLE
AND SPORTS
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5. YOU WILL NOTE THAT THE COMPOSITION IN PARA 4 ABOVE INCLUDES THE THREE CATEGORIES LISTED IN PARA 6.OF YOUR TELNO 254. BUT THESE THREE BY THEMSELVES ARE WE FEEL INSUFFICIENT: THEY WILL BE SEEN BY THE CHINESE AS REPRESENTING ONLY ''BRITISH CONTROLLED ELEMENTS' WE HAVE THEREFORE BUILT UPON THEM ON THE LINES OF THE BL ELECTION COMMITTEE FOR THE CE TO TRY TO PRODUCE A MORE SELF-EVIDENTLY BALANCED AND REPRESENTATIVE BODY.
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6. WE SHARE YOUR VIEW THAT WE NEED NOT BE TOO CONCERNED ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE GEC. BUT GIVEN THE LARGE NUMBER OF DBS, STATUTORY BODIES (136) AND PERMANENT NON-STATUTORY BODIES (76), 800 (THE SIZE OF THE ELECTION COMMITTEE FOR THE SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT CES) IS A REALISTIC FIGURE.
7. WE ALSO NEED TO CONSIDER THE QUESTIONS OF HOW THESE SECTORS ARE TO BE DELINEATED, HOW MANY MEMBERS SHOULD BE ALLOCATED TO EACH ORGANISATION AND HOW EACH ORGANISATION ELECTS ITS REPRESENTATIVES. IN THE SECOND DRAFT BL, THE ELECTION COMMITTEE FOR THE FIRST CE IS TO BE ESTABLISHED BY THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE NPC STANDING COMMITTEE, WHILE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE ELECTION OF SUBSEQUENT CES ARE TO BE PRESCRIBED BY THE ELECTORAL LAW OF THE SAR. NO DETAILS FOR THESE ARRANGEMENTS ARE GIVEN. THE CHINESE MAY
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