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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)

VOTING AGE

(For LegCo, DBS & MCs)

BRITISH SIDE'S ORIGINAL 1992 PROPOSALS

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

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.

ANNEXI