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constituency elections to the District Boards, Municipal Councils and Legislative Council. Draft Legislation will be introduced to this effect where necessary.

[Fallback: Draft Legislation.will be introduced to bring the "Single, seat, Single vote" electoral method into use for those of the above-mentioned elections where it is not already in use. The Chinese side will not object to this.]

(5) The British side have proposed that the system of appointed membership. of District Boards and Municipal Councils should be abolished with effect from September 1994 and March 1995 respectively.

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Draft Legislation will be introduced to this effect. The Chinese side have proposed that a certain proportion of the membership of these bodies should remain appointed. Chinese side point out that on or after 1 July 1997 the authorities of the HK SAR, in accordance with Article 98 of the BL, will determine on their own what should be the number of appointed members of District Boards and Municipal Councils.

This Memorandum of Understanding will come into immediate operation.

The foregoing record represents the understandings reached between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the People's Republic of China upon the matters referred to therein. ENDS.

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