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(a)

(b)

the size and composition of the Election Committee, the delineation of each category of membership and the selection of individual members from each category; and

procedures for the nomination and election of candidates to the legislature.

The

British

Government's

we

Government would welcome the Chinese detailed views on these points. For our part, believe that the following principles could best form framework for creating a Election Committee system for the legislature :

the

(a)

(b)

(c)

since the objective of the Election Committee is to return a proportion of the members of the legislature, it should not itself be an institution of government; it should cease to function once its main task of returning the members of the legislature has been fresh electoral roll would be compiled for each new election;

accomplished.

the composition of the Election Committee should be designed, as far as possible, to avoid direct duplication with the membership of other constituencies returning members of the legislature;

the

Election Committee should be representative as possible;

as