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YOUNG EXPLAINED IN HIS LETTER THAT THE PROPOSAL REPRESENTS HIS OWN VIEW BASED ON HIS EXPERIENCE AS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE BLOC.
SEPARATELY, THE HK CIVIC ASSOCIATION (CHAIRMAN HILTON
• CHEONG-LEEN, FORMER LEGCO MEMBER AND UC CHAIRMAN) SAID ON 6 NOVEMBER THAT ANY CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM MUST ADHERE TO THE SPIRIT OF THE JD AND THE BL, AS WELL AS THE PRINCIPLE OF HONG KONG PEOPLE GOVERNING HONG KONG'. THE ASSOCIATION'S PROPOSALS ARE:
(I) FOR THE 9 NEW FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES, THE CANDIDATES' ELIGIBILITY MUST BE BASED ON RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL AND WORKING EXPERIENCE IN THE CONSTITUENCIES CONCERNED. THIS IS TO ENSURE ADEQUATE REPRESENTATION OF THE INTERESTS OF THE VARIOUS GROUPINGS WHICH MAKE UP THE CONSTITUENCIES: AND
(II) THE FIRST ELECTION COMMITTEE SHOULD HAVE 800 MEMBERS. HALF OF THE MEMBERS SHOULD BE DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS, AND THEY WILL ELECT FIVE LEGCO MEMBERS. THE COMPOSITION OF THE OTHER 400 EC MEMBERS WILL FOLLOW THE PROVISION IN THE BL FOR THE SECOND EC.
THESE 400 MEMBERS WILL ELECT A FURTHER FIVE LEGCO MEMBERS.
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BOTH PROPOSALS ARE VAGUE ON THE CRUCIAL ISSUES, SUCH AS THE DELINEATION OF THE FOUR SECTORS WHICH ARE TO MAKE UP THE EC, AND THE EXACT METHOD FOR ELECTING/ SELECTING THE EC MEMBERS. WE WILL
STICK TO THE LINE OF ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO COME UP WITH
SPECIFIC/SPECIFIC ALTERNATIVE PROPOSALS.
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