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(a)

the procedure for the

Election Committee

of

candidates

nomination by the

to

the

5.

· (e)

legislature should be simple, open and prescribed in the electoral law; and

voting should be by secret ballot.

Having

regard to the composition of other election committees provided for in the present draft of the Basic Law, the British Government would like to suggest the following basis for further detailed discussion of the composition of the Election Committee :.

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(a)

Industrial, commercial and

25%

financial sectors;

the professions; labour,

social services and religious sectors

(b)

Senior political figures;

25%

including former Executive

Councillors, former

Legislative Councillors

(c)

Members of Municipal Councils

25%

and the District Boards

(d)

Representatives of Statutory

25%

and Advisory Boards and

Committees as listed in the

Hong Kong Civil, and Miscellaneous

List (only those members who are not also civil servants).