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he saw

sector

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the list of possible new FCs, the Governor said merits in providing a seat for the higher education and possibly also the students. Agriculture and fishery would also seem to be a worthy candidate. He did not see the case for HK Chinese enterprises and overseas business groups.

We should aim to broaden and extend

franchise of FCS and consider the inclusion of trade union members. CS said that the electorate of new FCs should be based on individuals instead of corporations.

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these

The Governor said that Ag. SCA should discuss ideas with Head/CPU with a view to producing further proposals for discussion at the next meeting.

Action: SCA, Head/CPU

Appointed and Ex-officio membership on DBS and MCs

12.

that

The Governor said that he needed to be convinced appointed membership on DBS could still be justified when the LegCo would become fully elected in 1995. If we decided that the Election Committee should compose of DB/MC members SO as to make LegCo more democratic, it would be even more incumbent on us to turn DBS/MCs into wholly

elected bodies.

13.

SHA said that while

politicized Legco.

he saw a lesser problem in making MCS wholly elected, Government would continue to need the support of DBS for its major policy proposals vis-a-vis

Being much less politicized, DBS comprised people with a diverse background and many of them were independents. If DBS became fully elected, there would be enormous pressure for board members to join political parties. The latter would dominate the boards which would then cease to provide any political leverage for Government.

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