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Election

Commission

to

proposal

for

the

make recommendations on

Commission

per

se,

demarcation

geographical

constituency

and

to

of

although

they

had

complained

that

the

boundaries,

oversee

the

establishment

of

the

Commission

is

a

conduct of elections.

VIII. THE OTHER THREE ISSUES

unilateral act (and also

a "petty trick").

(a) The Chinese Government

should make plain that

it will support the

election of all members

of LegCo by universal

suffrage, if that is the

wish of the SAR.

(b) If the two sides are

able

to

reach

an

understanding on the EC

for 1995, we hope that

that will serve as the

model for the Selection

Committee for the first

Chief Executive and the

Election Committee for

subsequent

Executives.

Chief

(c) The two sides should

consult on the Hong Kong membership

the

of

Committee in

Preparatory

the

same

way as the

(a) These issues clearly fall

outside the

scope of the

two sides' discussions,

which should focus on the

for the

arrangements

of

1994/95 elections on the

basis

principles.

the three

(b) Moreover, the nature and

functions of the (1995)

Election Committee are

different from those of

Selection Committee

the

subsequent

the

and

Election Committees. The

relevant NPC Decisions

and the Basic Law contain

clear stipulations for

the formation of these

It is

committees.

inadmissable to produce

different designs or

amend these provisions.

to

consultation which took

place

about

membership

of

the

the

Airport

Consultative

Committee.

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