SECRET
-19-
43.
In shaping this package, I have tried to build
on existing institutions and to give them a broader base
of support.
44.
That leaves one other matter.
45.
The Election Committee
which will be necessary
in 1995 if there is no change in the Basic Law and hence no increase in the number of directly elected seats presents a special challenge.
It will have a different
function from that envisaged by the Basic Law for the
The ideal Election Committee should be
post-1997 period.
genuinely representative of the community.
Given that
all members of LegCo have to be elected in 1995, it makes
sense that the electors on the Committee should also
themselves have been elected.
Anything less might be
The simplest and most
taken as appointment by proxy. effective formula to achieve this for the 1995 body would be to draw its members from the directly-elected District
Boards;
they should be able to vote for any candidate
and not just members of the election Committee.
That is
my current view on the best composition, but it may be that I will be urged to include other parties in the
Election Committee.
SECRET
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.