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BOTH GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTITUENCY AND FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY ELECTIONS) MADE SOME ELECTORS MORE 'EQUAL' THAN OTHERS:
B. THE HUGE DIFFERENTIAL IN ELECTORATE SIZE OF DIFFERENT FCS WAS AGAINST THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUAL SUFFRAGE:
C. THERE WERE NO CLEAR AND OBJECTIVE CRITERIA FOR THE SELECTION
OF FCS:
D.
THE SYSTEM WAS UNFAIR IN THAT SOME PEOPLE WHO OWNED A HOLDING COMPANY WHICH HAD A NUMBER OF SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES IN A FC COULD IN EFFECT CONTROL MANY VOTES, THEREBY HAVING MULTIPLE VOTING RIGHTS: AND
E. THE SYSTEM WAS MORE LIKELY TO PRODUCE A FRAGMENTED LEGISLATURE WHICH WOULD HAMPER THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ITS MONITORING ROLE OVER THE EXECUTIVE.
4 A NUMBER OF MEMBERS (INCLUDING SOME LIBERALS) ACCEPTED THAT
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THE FC SYSTEM CANNOT BE ABOLISHED OVERNIGHT. THEY THEREFORE SUGGESTED SOME INTERIM MEASURES TO MAKE THE SYSTEM MORE DEMOCRATIC. THEY INCLUDED:
A. REPLACEMENT OF CORPORATE ELECTORS BY INDIVIDUAL ELECTORS AS
FAR AS POSSIBLE:
B.
INTRODUCTION OF A ONE-MAN ONE-VOTE SYSTEM FOR THE NINE NEW FCS
IN 1995:
C. AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVES OF CORPORATE ELECTORS TO BE ELECTED BY INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATIONS CONCERNED: AND
D. CANDIDATES IN FC ELECTIONS TO BE NOMINATED BY THE RELEVANT FC ELECTORS, BUT VOTING TO BE BASED ON UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE ON A TERRITORY-WIDE BASIS.
5. MEMBERS WHO WERE AGAINST FREDERICK FUNG'S AMENDMENT MOTION BASED THEIR ARGUMENTS MAINLY ON THE PROVEN RECORDS OF FC-ELECTED MEMBERS IN THE LEGCO, AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF FCS TO THE ECONOMIC GROWTH IN HONG KONG. THEY DID NOT SUPPORT THE PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH AN INDEPENDENT COMMISSION TO STUDY ISSUES CONCERNING FC BECAUSE THEY WERE SATISFIED THAT ALL THESE ISSUES HAD BEEN DEALT WITH BY THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON LEGCO ELECTIONS.
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