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(b)

The

Government's

ne

and

Commi

e,

the

Cf

composition

delineation

the

Blection

of each category

membership and the selection of individual

members from each category; and

procedures for the nomination and election of

candidates to the legislature.

British

Government would welcome the Chinese

detailed views on these points. For our part,

celieve that the following principles could best form ne framework for creating a Election Committee system for

the Legislature :

(a)

since the objective of the Election Committee

is to return a proportion of the members of

the legislature, it should not itself be an institution of government; it should cease to function once its main task of returning the

members

the legislature has been

A fresh electoral roll would

of

accomplished.

be compiled for each new election;

(b) the composition of the

Election

Committee

should be designed, as far as possible, to

avoid direct duplication with the membership

of other constituencies returning members of the legislature;

(c)

the

Election Committee should be

representative as possible;

as