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A.G.'S CHAMBERS

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(a) In the

(b)

(0)

paper on the Election Committee, the British

side put forward five principles which could best

form the framework for its establishment:

· (i)

(ii)

The Committee should not itself be an

institution of Government.

Its composition should be designed, as far as possible, to avoid direct duplication of the membership of other constituencies returning other members of the legislature.

(iii) It should be as representative as possible.

(iv) The procedure for the nomination of candidates to the legislature should be simple, open and prescribed in the electoral law.

(v)

The

Voting should be by secret ballot.

for further

paper also suggested a basis detailed discussion of the composition Election Committee.

of the

In the paper on voting procedures for the SAR legislature, the British side suggested retention of the simple voting method foreseen in the draft version of the Basic Law (which is the one currently used by LegCo).

In the third paper, the British side expressed serious reservations about the new nationality provisions for the SAR legislature.

Sixth, a message from the Chinese side of 8 February 1990

delivered by Mr Chen Ziying. The Chinese side