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ELECTION

PROPOSALS

OF THE

TWO SIDES

ISSUE

VOTING METHOD IN

GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTITUENCIES For 20 directly-elected LegCo seats and for Municipal Councils (MCs) and District Boards (DBS)

BRITISH SIDE'S ORIGINAL 1992 PROPOSALS

Single-seat constituencies electing by single-vote, first-past-the-post method.

VOTING AGE

(For LegCo, DBs & MCs)

To be reduced from 21 to 18

(ie as in the UK and China).

REVISED BRITISH PROPOSALS

No change from original proposals.

No change from original proposals.

CHINESE PROPOSALS

Use existing 9 (1991)

constituencies to elect 20 seats on single-vote

basis. (Details unclear, but

would appear to ensure that seats go to parties winning small percentages of the vote.) Single-seat, single-vote, for DBS and MCs only, offered as part of a first-stage package.

offer to agree voting age of 18 for DB, MC and Legco elections as part of a first-stage package.

Election Pro sals

ANNEX I