c) Second Phase: May-June (Rounds 4-7)
27. The second phase of the talks was taken up largely with the Chinese side moving slowly (in response to pressure from
the British side) to set out their views on the main issues.
The British side continued to press for a discussion of the
through train, and of the other three issues listed in para
24 above.
28.
The Chinese position on the main issues is set out in
more detail in Part III. In summary, their position was:
The provisions in existing Hong Kong law disqualifying members of Legislatures outside Hong
Kong from serving on the District Boards, Municipal
Councils or Legislative Council should be amended so
that representatives from Hong Kong in China's People's Congresses could become members of these
bodies.
statement26.8/BRIEFS/NJH
On District Boards and Municipal Councils, that their functions should remain unchanged and some appointed
members should be retained.
On the Functional Constituencies, that there should
be no expansion of the franchise in the existing 21
constituencies, and that the nine new constituencies
should also have small electorates on the basis of
corporate voting.
On the Election Committee, that the composition and
ratio should follow precisely the model set out in
the Basic Law, Annex I (which specifies the Election
Committee that will be responsible for electing Chief
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