71.
The British side put forward revised proposals on the nine
new functional constituencies in round nine. These took account
of the Chinese proposal that functional constituencies should
all be based on organisations, and also built on six of the nine specific Chinese proposals. In subsequent Rounds, the British
side offered a number of further revisions to their list of
Functional Constituencies, in a major effort to bridge the gap. After these amendments, the British side's nine proposed
constituencies were:
Textiles and Garment
Wholesale/Retail and Import/Export
Manufacturing
Agriculture and Fisheries
- Transport
- Utilities and Communications
-
Services
Sports, Culture and Entertainment
Lands/Works/Housing and Construction
The total franchise for the 30 Functional Constituencies on this
basis would be some 840,000.
72. In the view of Her Majesty's Government and the Hong Kong Government, these revised proposals would produce fair and open functional constituency elections based on constituencies of
substantial size and importance in the community.
Nationality Provision
73. The Chinese side proposed in round nine of the talks that
the Hong Kong Government should implement the nationality provision of the Basic Law in 1995, two years before the Basic
Law comes into force. The nationality provision provides that permanent residents of the Region who are not of Chinese
nationality or who have the right of abode in foreign countries
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