TNAG-2716-FCO40-3922-House-of-Commons-Select-Committee-on-Foreign-Affairs-enquiry-1993 — Page 92

Annex 1

Paper Handed Over to the Chinese Government :

Voting Procedures for the SAR Legislature

se

explained

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During their meeting in Peking on 11 January

Governor of Hong Kong, Mr LI Hou and Mr. DU Ping

the Chinese Government's Views about voting

procedures for the SAR legislature.

2.

According

to

press

reports,

at its

meeting

January this year, the BLDC Special Group on the Political Systein agreed to add to the draft Basic Law a new provision

- separate vote counting as follows:

motions

shall ce

functional

members

Committee

"Unless otherwise specified by this Law, all bills and introduced to the Legislative Council of the HKSAR

passed by a simple majority of members elected by constituencies and by a simple majority of returned by direct election and the Election

attending the meeting. If a bill proposed by the Government is not passed by a simple majority of either of apove two categories of members attending the meeting, Government shail amend the bill and re-submit it to the

Legislative Council for voting: such bills shall be passed

a simple majority of all the members attending the

meeting.

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3.

These press reports have attracted a great deal of public criticism in Hong Kong. This has focussed on the divisiveness and inefficiency of the proposed voting

There has been widespread concern that proposal was agreed by the Special Group on the Political System despite strong local objections.

system.

the