TNAG-2713-FCO40-3919-Parliamentary-relations-draft-White-Paper-on-Representative--1993 — Page 70

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ISSUE

GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTITUENCIES

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

VOTING AGE

OUR 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).

OUR REVISED 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. First 2 or 3 past the post elected. (Ensures return of minority candidates). 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.

Annex i

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