TNAG-2452-FCO40-3569-Future-of-Hong-Kong-constitutional-development-1992 — Page 128

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CREATE ANOTHER PLATFORM FOR POLITICAL PARTIES BUT WOULD NOT NECESSARILY BRING IN THE EXPERTISE THAT THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES WERE INTENDED TO PROVIDE'.

ELECTION COMMITTEE

4. ON ELECTION COMMITTEE, MRS TU SAID SHE SAW THE REASONS WHY THE GOVERNOR HAD PROPOSED THE COMPOSITION BUT CONSIDERED HIS CONCLUSIONS WRONG, PROBABLY BECAUSE HE FAILED TO CONSULT WIDELY ENOUGH. SHE CAST DOUBTS ON THE REPRESENTATIVES OF AN EC COMPRISING ONLY ELECTED DB MEMBERS AND SOME PAPERS PLAYED UP HER VIEW THAT 'THE PROPOSALS IN THE BASIC LAW PROVIDE A FAIR BASIS'. SHE SUGGESTED THAT THE EC SHOULD INCLUDE, IN ADDITION TO THE DB MEMBERS, A VARIETY OF BODIES KNOW TO BE CIVIC-MINDED AND WITH DIFFERING VIEWS AND BACKGROUNDS. SHE NOTED THAT THE FINAL SOLUTION WOULD COME IN THE YEAR 2003 WHEN THE TEN EC SEATS WOULD BE REPLACED WITH DIRECTLY ELECTED ONES.

5. A COPY OF MRS TU'S COUNTER PROPOSAL IS BEING FAXED TO BUNTEN, HKD.

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